Credited on the record as 中央合唱団.
ベトナム叙事詩 [Vietnam Epic]
1966 · Center [Tokyo] Sonopiece 18 · Tokyo, Japan
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- Artist
- Central Choir
- Credited on the record as
- 中央合唱団
- Title
- ベトナム叙事詩 [Vietnam Epic]
- Release
- 平和のうたごえを１０００万人にひろげよう １８ ベトナム特集 NO.2 [Let's Spread the Voice of Peace to 10 Million People 18 – Vietnam Special No. 2]
- Year
- 1966
- Label
- Center [Tokyo] # Sonopiece 18
- Format
- Flexi · EP
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Tokyo, Japan
- Songwriter
- Đỗ Nhuận; Japanese words 関鑑子
- Genre
- Vietnamese Music · Nhạc đỏ
- Primary theme
- Vietnamese Patriotic
Lyrics
Japanese: ベトナム 波わきたつ英雄の国 アジアの海のかたえにたち 生きゆくために闘いぬく
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 · Mekong Delta · Ho Chi Minh Trail · Reunification · Anti-American
From the release 平和のうたごえを１０００万人にひろげよう １８ ベトナム特集 NO.2 [Let's Spread the Voice of Peace to 10 Million People 18 – Vietnam Special No. 2]