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"Tiến Quân Ca" (lit. "The Song of the Marching Troops") is the national anthem of Vietnam.The march was written and composed by Văn Cao in 1944, and was adopted as the national anthem of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1946 (as per the 1946 constitution) and subsequently the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1976 following the reunification of Vietnam.
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 Quân Ca, which became the national anthem of Vietnam.
In 1948, the Provisional Central Government of Vietnam adopted the song as its national anthem. The song was later modified, changing its name 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 ]
The anthem's targets were all of the population of South Vietnam. The anthem had to call for the armed insurrection against the US-backed Saigon regime and the unification of Vietnam as a whole. The authors had to use a novel pseudonym to maintain the independence of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam.
Under the reign of Bảo Đại, lyrics were added, composed by the musician Nguyễn Phúc Ưng Thiều (chữ Hán: 阮福膺昭). In the 1945 with the creation of the short-life Empire of Vietnam , prime minister Trần Trọng Kim selected "Đăng đàn cung" as Vietnam's national anthem.
The Vietnam War Song Project has identified over 100 songs about Lt. Calley and the Mỹ Lai massacre, with music historian Justin Brummer writing in History Today that "The most well-known song defending Calley was the ‘Battle Hymn of Lt. Calley’ (1971), by Terry Nelson, which sold over one million copies".
南 Nam 國 quốc 山 sơn 河 hà 南 Nam 帝 đế 居 cư, 南 國 山 河 南 帝 居 Nam quốc sơn hà Nam đế cư, The Southern Country's mountains and rivers, the Southern Emperor inhabits. 皇 Hoàng 天 thiên 已 dĩ 定 định 在 tại 天 thiên 書 thư. 皇 天 已 定 在 天 書 Hoàng thiên dĩ định tại thiên thư. The August Heaven hath willed it so in the ...
The National Anthem of India is titled "Jana Gana Mana". The song was originally composed in Bengali by India's first Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore on 11 December 1911. [11] [12] [13] The parent song, 'Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata' is a Brahmo hymn that has five verses and