Un phare qui ne s'éteint jamais (Ngọn đèn đứng gác)
1970 · Dihavina 7003 · Hanoi, North Vietnam
- Artist
- Trần Thụ
- Title
- Un phare qui ne s'éteint jamais (Ngọn đèn đứng gác)
- Release
- Saïgon se soulève (Sài Gòn quật khởi)
- Year
- 1970
- Label
- Dihavina # 7003
- Format
- 10" · Album
- Language
- Vietnamese
- Country
- Hanoi, North Vietnam
- Songwriter
- Chính Hữu & Hoàng Hiệp
- Genre
- Vietnamese Music · Nhạc đỏ
- Primary theme
- Vietnamese Patriotic
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
Vietnamese baritone, born 26 November 1929 in Hanoi, died 2009 in Hanoi; a leading voice of revolutionary and chamber song, long attached to the Voice of Vietnam radio, and made Meritorious Artist in 1984. [Source: Wikipedia (Vietnamese)]
Themes
From the release Saïgon se soulève (Sài Gòn quật khởi)