Central Choir

Credited on the record as 中央合唱団.

統一ベトナム [Unified Vietnam]

1966 · Center [Tokyo] Sonopiece 18 · Tokyo, Japan

統一ベトナム [Unified Vietnam] – Central Choir (Sleeve (front))

Artist
Central Choir
Credited on the record as
中央合唱団
Title
統一ベトナム [Unified Vietnam]
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
ファン・バン・チン (words, as printed); arr. ロイターシティン; Japanese words 関鑑子
Genre
Vietnamese Music · Nhạc đỏ
Primary theme
Vietnamese Patriotic

Lyrics

Japanese: いざ共に今こそ 同志の誓い固く今こそ 引き裂かれ 怒り悲しベトナム

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 · Reunification · Ho Chi Minh · Peace

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]

In collections

Japanese Songs · North Vietnamese Songs