Biography on van cao

Văn Cao (born Nguyễn Văn Cao, Vietnamese pronunciation: [ŋʷjə̌ˀn van kaːw]; 15 November 1923 – 10 July 1995) was a Vietnamese composer whose works include Tiến.
Văn Cao was a Vietnamese composer whose works include Tiến Quân Ca, which became the national anthem of Vietnam.
Cao only wrote over 30 songs in his entire career.

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Top leader expresses gratitude to creators of national anthem, emblem design

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Hanoi (VNA) – Party General Secretary and President To Lam visited the families of late musician Van Cao and late painter Bui Trang Chuoc, who created the national anthem and the national emblem design of Vietnam, on September 2 on the occasion of the 79th anniversary of the August Revolution and the National Day (September 2).

Talking to Cao’s family, the leader expressed his gratitude to the musician’s enormous dedications to the revolution of Vietnam, affirming that aside from the national anthem “Tien quan ca” (the Song of the Marching Troops), he also composed many other significant works contributing to the great national solidarity.

Lam presented Nghiem Thuy Bang, the musician’s wife, with a portrait of late President Ho Chi Minh and wished her good health to remain a source of support for descendants and contribute more to the country.

Appreciating the General Secretary and President’s sentiment and visit on the occasion of the National Day

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Văn Cao

Vietnamese composer from Haiphong

Văn Cao (born Nguyễn Văn Cao, Vietnamese pronunciation:[ŋʷjə̌ˀnvankaːw]; 15 November 1923 – 10 July 1995) was a Vietnamese composer whose works include Tiến Quân Ca, which became the national anthem of Vietnam.^[2]^[3] He, along with Phạm Duy and Trịnh Công Sơn, is widely considered one of the three most salient figures of 20th-century (non-classical) Vietnamese music.^[4]

Văn Cao was also a notable poet and a painter. In 1996, he was posthumously awarded the Hồ Chí Minh Prize for Music.^[5]

Career

After the Nhân Văn–Giai Phẩm affair, a movement for political and cultural freedom in 1956, he had to stop composing. Most of his songs, except Tiến Quân Ca, Làng Tôi, Tiến Về Hà Nội, and Trường Ca Sông Lô were prohibited in North Vietnam.

All of his songs were once again authorized in Vietnam until after the Đổi Mới, 1987.

In 1992, the American composer Robert Ashley composed the solo piano piece Văn Cao's Meditation, which is based on a National Geo

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2023 is the 100th anniversary of the birth of that talented person (November 15, 1923 - November 15, 2023).

Musician Van Cao (from Vu Ban, Nam Dinh) was born in Hai Phong. As a child, Van Cao studied at Bonal School (now Ngo Quyen High School), then transferred to Saint Joseph School. He worked as an employee of the Hai Phong Post Office, and began composing poetry, prose, and songs in 1939.

Multi-talented in poetry, music, and painting, but perhaps music is the field in which Van Cao is most known. Musician Van Cao did not compose many songs (about 50), but most of his works remain in the hearts of music lovers for a long time.

From the first song "Buon tan thu" composed in 1939 when he was only 17 years old, then successively released: Cung dan xua (1940), Thien Thai (1941), Ben xuan (1942), Suoi mo (1943), Tien quan ca (1944), Dan chim Viet (transferred from Ben xuan - 1946), Lang toi (1947), Truong ca song lo (1947), Tien ve ha noi (1948)... affirmed Van Cao's natural talent.

In 1975, when the country was liberated, the composer of the Vietnamese National Anthem realized