Anti-US Demonstration of Chinese People

Annotation — North Vietnamese Songs

Released in Beijing, China, on China Record Company (# M-640), this release, as seen in the title, included songs about various countries and conflicts, in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. While this is sung in Chinese, and part of Chinese Music genre, it is musically similar to the Vietnamese Nhạc đỏ ("Red Music") genre, thus included here as a cultural comparison. Tracks related to the Vietnam War included the more generic titles "Anti-Imperialist March of the Asian, African and Latin Peoples", and "Song of Wind and Fire (Dedicated to the Struggling Peoples of Asia, Africa and Latin America)". Two songs specifically dealt with the Vietnam conflict: "Green Forest - Green Ocean (Dedicated to the Struggling South Vietnamese People)", and "South Vietnam Is a Volcano". Two songs specifically attacked the US, the final one which referenced Civil Rights: "Anti-US Demonstration of Chinese People", and "The American Negroes Want Freedom (Dedicated to Our Brothers, the American Negro People)".

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

中国唱片 M-640, 33 1/3 rpm; "风雷之歌 Song of Wind and Thunder — Dedicated to the Struggling Peoples of Asia, Africa and Latin America"; 1964年出版 (published 1964); 中国唱片社出版 中国唱片厂印制, China Record Company, Peking. The front cover shows white calligraphy over a dark red flame on a red ground. Side 1, track 1: "Anti-U.S. Demonstration of Chinese People" (Chorus), "Selection from the Cantata 'The Storm against U.S. Imperialism'", music by the Composition Department of the Central Conservatory of Music, words by the Editorial Department of Magazine Poetry, sung by the Chorus of the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Art Troupe of the General Political Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, accompanied by the orchestra, conducted by Hu Teh-feng. The disc also includes "Green Forest — Green Ocean" (Tenor Solo, "Dedicated to the Struggling South Vietnamese People"; music Li Huan-chih, words Cheng…

About the artist

Chorus of the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Art Troupe of the General Political Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Peking (Beijing), China.

Themes

Vietnamese Perspective · Vietnamese Patriotic

In collections

North Vietnamese Songs