Central Choir

Credited on the record as 中央合唱団.

自由ベトナム行進曲 [Free Vietnam March]

1964 · Center [Tokyo] Sonopiece 9 · Tokyo, Japan

自由ベトナム行進曲 [Free Vietnam March] – Central Choir (Sleeve (front))

Artist
Central Choir
Credited on the record as
中央合唱団
Title
自由ベトナム行進曲 [Free Vietnam March]
Release
平和のうたごえを1000万人にひろげよう 9 [Let's Spread the Voice of Peace to 10 Million People 9]
Year
1964
Label
Center [Tokyo] # Sonopiece 9
Format
Flexi · EP
Language
Japanese
Country
Tokyo, Japan
Songwriter
Doãn Quang Khải (Vì nhân dân quên mình; printed ドアン・クワン・ハイ); Japanese words and arrangement 関忠亮
Genre
Vietnamese Music · Nhạc đỏ
Primary theme
Vietnamese Patriotic

Lyrics

Japanese: 若いわれら人民のため 希望のみちひらく 自由のくにとり返すまで 強く斗うわれら

Notes

Center Sonopiece series No. 9, "平和のうたごえを1000万人にひろげよう" (Let's spread the voice of peace to 10 million people), red flexi-disc, 33⅓ rpm, labels headed "1964年日本のうたごえ祭典記念" (commemorating the 1964 Japan Singing Voice Festival), "音楽センター制作"; side A: 自由ヴェトナム行進曲, 春の声, 幸福河大合唱 (第6章), chorus 中央合唱団, conductors 関鑑子 and 井上頼豊; side B: 私のインドネシア, つばめ, soloists 柴田泰子 and 里館良子, accordion 中山英雄. The front shows a young Vietnamese woman with a rifle and a pagoda pavilion on a lake with dancers; the back lists the Center Sonopiece series Nos. 1–14 (¥200 each) and Ongaku Center, 西大久保3-67, 新宿区, Tokyo. The lyric sheet credits 自由ヴェトナム行進曲 to ドアン・クワンハイ (music), 関忠亮 (Japanese words and arrangement), sung by 中央合唱団 with accompaniment by 中山英雄; the notes describe it as the song of the Vietnamese Liberation Army fighting directly to rid Asia of colonies for independence and peace. Score sheets print the melody with…

Themes

Vietnamese Perspective · Vietnamese Patriotic · Ho Chi Minh · Freedom & Liberty · Anti-Imperialism

In collections

Japanese Songs · North Vietnamese Songs