Con voi - L'éléphant
1969 · Le Chant du Monde LDX 74401 · Paris, France
- Artist
- Trần Hiếu
- Title
- Con voi - L'éléphant
- Release
- Vietnam
- Year
- 1969
- Label
- Le Chant du Monde # LDX 74401
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- Vietnamese
- Country
- Paris, France
- Songwriter
- Nguyễn Xuân Khoát & Nguyễn Đình Thi
- Genre
- Vietnamese Music · Vietnamese Folk Music
- Primary theme
- Vietnamese Patriotic
Notes
Le Chant du Monde LDX 74401 (sleeve "G.U. LDX 74401"), label matrices XSB 74401 A / XSB 74401 B, "Made in France – Microsillon incassable – Longue durée 33 T. 1/3", rights "D.R."; Ensemble National de la République Démocratique du Vietnam, direction Cu Huy Can, choreographer and musical director Minh Hien. The front cover photograph ("Au recto: Photo Marc Riboud – Agence Magnum") shows farmers ploughing with oxen and carrying shoulder-pole baskets beside a river; sleeve printed by Imp. Chaufour, Paris. The French liner notes trace the ensemble from 16 musicians and dancers who joined the Liberation Army in 1952, through its installation in Hanoi in 1954 (now 80 artists) and the American bombing from 4 August 1964, during which the artists toured North Vietnam by lorry, bicycle and on foot, performed in bomb craters under the motto "Nos chants sonneront plus fort que les explosions des…
About the artist
Vietnamese bass singer, born Trần Trung Hiếu on 23 April 1936 in Phúc Thọ, Sơn Tây; sang opera, revolutionary and lyrical songs and was named People's Artist in 1997. [Source: Wikipedia (Vietnamese)]
Themes
From the release Vietnam