大行軍の歌 [Song of the Great March]

Annotation — Japanese Songs

As above, this one is part of the series "Let's Spread the Song of Peace to 10 million People", with the subtitle "ベトナム特集 No.2" ("Vietnam Special Feature No. 2") (Center Record # ARI-3575). .A1| 日本－ベトナム ("Japan-Vietnam") A2| 大行軍の歌 ("Great March Song") A3| ベトナム叙事詩 ("Vietnam Epic") A4| ディエン・ビエンの勝利 ("Dien Bien Victory") B1| 統一ベトナム ("Unified Vietnam") B2| ベトナム解放区の春 ("Spring in the Liberated Areas of Vietnam") B3| 南ベトナムからの手紙 ("Letter From South Vietnam")

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

Japanese: 道遠く苦難こえ 汗にまみれ進む 怒り火ともえ ふるさとまもる

Notes

Center Sonopiece series No. 18, "ベトナム特集 NO.2", ¥300, dark red flexi-disc, 33⅓ rpm, "音楽センター制作"; No. 18A: 日本・ベトナム, 大行軍の歌, ベトナム叙事詩, ディエンビエンの勝利; No. 18B: 統一ベトナム, ベトナム開放区 [sic], 南ベトナムからの手紙; chorus 中央合唱団, piano 田村慧子, accordion 松永 and 木下, conductor 井上頼豊; the lyric sheet gives side timings A 8:14 and B 8:02. The front is a colour photograph of a smiling young Vietnamese woman in a conical hat with workers building behind her; the back lists the Center Sonopiece series (Nos. 6, 10 and 11 marked as missing numbers) and Ongaku Center, 西大久保3-67, 新宿区, Tokyo. The lyric sheet is printed over photographs of a fisherman with nets and a soldier in a conical hat with rifle. The notes say 日本―ベトナム won first place (from 107 lyrics and 93 tunes) in the Japan–Vietnam friendship song contest for the visit of the Vietnam Central Song and Dance Ensemble; 大行軍の歌 is by ドゥ・ニュアン, secretary-general of the DRV…

Themes

Vietnamese Perspective · Vietnamese Patriotic

In collections

Japanese Songs · North Vietnamese Songs