Dat gebeurt in Vietnam
1973 · De Volharding 6802 146 · Netherlands
- Artist
- Orkest de Volharding
- Title
- Dat gebeurt in Vietnam
- Release
- De Volharding
- Year
- 1973
- Label
- De Volharding # 6802 146
- Format
- 7" · EP
- Language
- Dutch
- Country
- Netherlands
- Songwriter
- Louis Andriessen; words Paul Binnerts
- Genre
- Western Classical Music · Classical
- Primary theme
- Vietnamese Patriotic
Lyrics
English: To be trampled upon and to struggle against hunger, disease, and poverty, / Tirelessly, with great patience, / Through tact and courage, / To overcome the enemy. / This is happening in Vietnam, / Against exploitation, / For human freedom." __________ Dutch: "Vertrapt te worden en te strijden tegen honger, ziekte, armoe, / Onvermoeibaar, vol geduld, / Door takt en moed, / Te overwinnen de vijand. / Dat gebeurt in Vietnam, / Tegen uitbuiting, / Voor de vrijheid van de mens.
Notes
De Volharding 6802 146 (Stemra; stereo-mono 45), a self-issued EP whose proceeds went to the Medisch Komitee Nederland-Vietnam (Postgiro 1090400): side 1 "Solidariteitslied" (Hanns Eisler) and "Lied van de Macht van het Volk" (Luis Advis, arr. Wolff); side 2 "Dat gebeurt in Vietnam" (Louis Andriessen), the only sung track, with Paul Binnerts's text printed on the back — three verses on being trampled, threatened and enslaved, and fighting hunger, disease and poverty, bombs, mines and machine guns, injustice, war and terror, "to overcome the enemy: that is happening in Vietnam, against exploitation / imperialism, for the freedom of man, the self-reliance of the people, the independence of the land". [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Orkest de Volharding - Amsterdam wind-and-piano ensemble founded 1972 by the composer Louis Andriessen with Willem Breuker; on this record Louis Andriessen (piano), Willem Breuker (alto sax/clarinet), Bob Driessen (alto sax), Dil Engelhard (flute/piccolo), Bernard Hunnekink, Willem van Manen and Jim van der Valk Bouman (trombones), Herman de Wit (tenor sax), Cees Klaver (trumpet), Jan Wolff (horn) and Maarten van Regteren Altena (bass).
Themes
Anti-Imperialism · Vietnamese Patriotic · Landmine · Guns · Anti-Capitalism · Freedom & Liberty · Protest · Benefit Record · Solidarity