Tiếng gọi thanh niên
Information
Anthem of the Vanguard Youth
LyricLyric 1: (1941)
Lưu Hữu Phước
Mai Văn Bộ
Lyric 2: (1943)
Lê Khắc Thiều
Đặng Ngọc Tốt
Lyric 3: (1945)
Hoàng Mai Lưu
MusicLưu Hữu Phước
Date1939
Others
Original versionLa Marche des Étudiants
Alternative nameTiếng gọi thanh niên ("Call of the Youths")
Tiếng gọi sinh viên ("Call of the Students")
Tiếng Gọi Công Dân
English: "Call to the Citizens"
Thanh Niên Hành Khúc
A sheet music notation of "Call to the Citizens", with the South Vietnamese flag in the background.
A sheet music notation of "Call to the Citizens", with the South Vietnamese flag in the background (recorded since 1973)
Former national anthem of
State of Vietnam
 South Vietnam
Also known as"Sinh Viên Hành Khúc" (English: "Song of the Students")
"National Anthem of the Republic of Vietnam"
LyricsMai Văn Bộ (original lyric), 1939
MusicLưu Hữu Phước, 1939
Adopted1948 (by the State of Vietnam)
1955 (by South Vietnam)
Relinquished1955 (by the State of Vietnam)
1975 (by South Vietnam)
Preceded by"La Marseillaise"
Succeeded by"Giải phóng miền Nam"
Audio sample
"Tiếng Gọi Công Dân" (instrumental)
  • file
  • help

Tiếng gọi thanh niên, or Thanh niên hành khúc (Saigon: [tʰan niəŋ hân xúk], "March of the Youths") and originally the March of the Students (Vietnamese: Sinh Viên Hành Khúc, French: La Marche des Étudiants) is a famous song of the musician Lưu Hữu Phước.

Its lyric was modified to make the anthem of State of Vietnam from 1948 to 1955 and Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) from 1955 to 1975, with the name Tiếng Gọi Công Dân ("Call to the Citizens"). This move was strongly protested by the original author Lưu Hữu Phước, who was culture minister of the Việt Cộng-led Provisional Revolutionary Government during the Vietnam War.[1]

The original version is the official one used in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The modified version is used by anti-communist Vietnamese expatriates.

History

Original version

The anthem was originally named La Marche des Étudiants (March of the Students), composed by Lưu Hữu Phước and written by Mai Văn Bộ in late 1939, and first adopted by a student club. In 1941, it became the anthem of the Indochina Students General Association, Phước renamed the anthem as Tiếng Gọi Thanh Niên (Call to the Youths), the lyrics was rewritten in Vietnamese and divided into three verses. The first verse was written by Lưu Hữu Phước and Mai Văn Bộ in 1941, and secretly spread until 1945, the second verse (Tiếng Gọi Sinh Viên, Call to the Students) was written by Lê Khắc Thiều and Đặng Ngọc Tốt in late 1941, and published in 1943, the third verse was written by Hoàng Mai Lưu on April 4, 1945, and published before the August Revolution. In 1945 it became the anthem of the Vanguard Youth, the lyrics were small modified and became known as Tiếng Gọi Thanh Niên or Thanh Hiên Hành Khúc.

Thanh Niên Hành Khúc (1948–1956) and Tiếng Gọi Công Dân (1956–1975)

In 1948, the Provisional Central Government of Vietnam adopted the song as the national anthem. The song was later modified with the name changed to Tiếng Gọi Công Dân (Call to the Citizens) or Công Dân Hành Khúc (March of the Citizens), and became the official national anthem of South Vietnam.[2] Thanh niên Hành Khúc was first adopted as the national anthem by the Provisional Central Government of Vietnam (Pre-government of the State of Vietnam. 1948–1949) on 14 June 1948, and it was inherited as a national anthem by the State of Vietnam (1949–1955) and the Republic of Vietnam (1955–1975). The lyrics of Thanh Niên Hành Khúc were revised by former President Ngo Dinh Diem in 1956.

The original author Lưu Hữu Phước made a strong criticism against South Vietnam's regimes use of the song. In 1949 he made a protesting letter. Later the Voice of Vietnam made sporadically broadcast of Lưu Hữu Phước's criticisms.[3]

After the war (1975–present)

After 1975, the original version and name (Tiếng Gọi Thanh Niên) of the song was performed as the official version in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

The anti-communist expatriates continued to use the revised version and dubbed it as "Anthem of Free Vietnam".

References

  1. ↑ https://tienphong.vn/sua-loi-quoc-ca-hy-huu-luu-huu-phuoc-post631644.tpo "Ngay từ năm 1949, nhạc sĩ Lưu Hữu Phước đã có đơn thư kịch liệt phản đối và sau này trong thời gian tập kết ngày Bắc đêm Nam, từ thủ đô Hà Nội, tiếng nói của nhạc sĩ trên làn sóng điện Đài Tiếng nói Việt Nam liên tục những lời nặng tiếng nhẹ bác bỏ kể cả giễu cợt này khác nhưng Tiếng gọi thanh niên của ông vẫn cứ bị người bên kia chiến tuyến sử dụng vào một mục đích khác!"
  2. ↑ Đình Hoà Nguyễn (1999). From the City Inside the Red River: A Cultural Memoir of Mid-Century Vietnam. Page 100. "Lưu Hữu-Phước, Mai Văn-Bộ, and Nguyễn Thành-Nguyên, the three medical students who shared living quarters on Wiele ... The first of these songs, composed in 1943, had a stirring rhythm and was quickly adopted as the official march of ..."
  3. ↑ "Sửa lời Quốc ca: Hy hữu Lưu Hữu Phước". Báo điện tử Tiền Phong. June 12, 2013.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.