忘我为人民 (Selfless Devotion to the People)

Annotation — North Vietnamese Songs

Released in Beijing, China, on China Record Company (# M-757), this is actually sung in Vietnamese, unknown performers. The front cover is taken from a Chinese poster.

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

中国唱片 (China Record) M-757, 33⅓ rpm; labels M-757 甲 (M-33/2239) and M-757 乙 (M-33/2240), each marked 越南歌曲 and "1964、65年录音 1966年出版" (recorded 1964–65, published 1966). The front cover, "忘我为人民 – 越南歌曲 / Selfless Devotion to the People – Vietnamese Songs", is a grey ink drawing of Vietnamese fighters with rifles and a machine gun advancing through jungle. The back lists 13 Vietnamese songs in Chinese and English with times, composers, translators, performers and accompaniment, among them "Liberate the South" (Huynh Minh Sieng), "March of the South Vietnam Liberation Army" (Phan The), "Sing of the Great Victory at Bien Hoa" and "Nguyen Van Troi's Resounding Voice" (Van Can), and "Defend Our Country to the Death" (Nguyen Huy Du). Side 2 opens with the title song, "Selfless Devotion to the People" (unison, "Provisional Army Song of the Vietnam People's Army"), 1'32", music and words by Doan…

About the artist

Various Artists

Themes

Vietnamese Perspective · Vietnamese Patriotic

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North Vietnamese Songs