Choeur et Orchestre de la Voix du Viet-Nam
Saïgon se soulève (Sài Gòn quật khởi)
1970 · Dihavina 7003 · Hanoi, North Vietnam
- Artist
- Choeur et Orchestre de la Voix du Viet-Nam
- Title
- Saïgon se soulève (Sài Gòn quật khởi)
- Release
- Saïgon se soulève (Sài Gòn quật khởi)
- Year
- 1970
- Label
- Dihavina # 7003
- Format
- 10" · Album
- Language
- Vietnamese
- Country
- Hanoi, North Vietnam
- Songwriter
- Hồ Bắc
- Genre
- Vietnamese Music · Nhạc đỏ
- Primary theme
- Vietnamese Patriotic
Annotation — North Vietnamese Songs
Song titles in French and Vietnamese. Released on the Dihavina record label (# 7003), originally the state label of North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) before reunification in 1975.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Dihavina 7003 (labels 7003 A / 7003 B), 33 rpm, "Hanoi Vietnam", turquoise labels; the front cover, "Saïgon se soulève – Sài Gòn quật khởi", is a red-and-orange swirling brush painting signed and dated '70 lower left. The back gives French titles, credits and a short French summary of each song: Face A – "Saigon se soulève" (Hồ Bắc; Chœur et Orchestre de "La Voix du Viet-nam", direction Cao Việt Bách: "Les hirondelles reviennent avec le printemps… O Saigon! nous marchons vers la victoire"); "A l'exemple de Nguyễn Viết Xuân" (poem by Xuân Sách, music Huy Du; solo Trần Khánh, direction Trần Quý), about the artillery company commander who cried "regardons l'ennemi en face pour l'abattre" before he fell; "Les jeunes filles de Saigon portent les obus" (Lư Nhất Vũ, arranged Nguyễn Chính; Chorale féminine et Orchestre folklorique du Théâtre de Chant, de Danse et de Musique du Viet-nam), sung…
About the artist
The choir and orchestra of the Voice of Vietnam, the national radio of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, in Hanoi.
Themes
Vietnamese Perspective · Vietnamese Patriotic · Saigon · Freedom & Liberty
From the release Saïgon se soulève (Sài Gòn quật khởi)