Composer Pham Duy

Who is Composer Pham Duy?
Pham Duy's real name is Pham Duy Can, he is ranked among the greatest musicians of Vietnamese New Music. He is also a great singer, musician, and music researcher in Vietnam. Composer Pham Duy owns a huge collection of works with many works in many different genres, and is also a singer who owns many famous and immortal songs of Vietnamese music. Typical works such as: Love song, Love nostalgia, The important road, Vietnamese mother , Dao ca...In the compositions of musician Pham Duy, he skillfully combined traditional music and new music trends and styles to create a breakthrough. His first song was a song that he set music from the poem She picked a dream by the poet Nguyen Binh. It was not until 1944 that he wrote his own composition, which was a song written about the legend of Hoan Kiem Lake called "Sword of the Hero".
In the year 1945-194, musician Pham Duy and musician Van Cao co-wrote a number of songs such as : Ben Xuan, Suoi Mo. During this period, he also released many personal compositions of epic and romantic genres such as : Sword of the Hero, Conqueror, Debt with blood and bones. , She picked apricots, The forgotten instrument, Autumn on the battlefield, Unknown soldier, Truong Chi's love block, The sound of walking on the street late at night ,The love of a prostitute....
Since 1947, musician Pham Duy has turned to composing works with folk influences. sing more. His songs are composed based on two criteria: they still use the pentatonic scale, but apply transitional music to change and the lyrics are written in hexagonal verse, but modified to create syllable richness of the lyrics. Typical works include: Remembering the Invalids, Advice, Remembering the Departed, Soldier on the Side, Ru con, Winter Soldier, Singing of Lo River, Nuong Afternoon...
In 1952, the song "Love nostalgia" by musician Pham Duy was born, which initiated the movement of composing love songs about the homeland. He also composed another song, which is "Love Song". A song loved by many fans, to this day, when it is played, it makes fans' hearts flutter.
During the resistance war, his works were songs. epic songs with joyful rhythms and life-loving optimism, or songs praising the merits of Uncle Ho like: Rice-carrying, The way to the border, The side of the border, the turning of the gun, The way home ...Pham Duy also wrote many works expressing the suffering of the people during the resistance war, or describing the image of the countryside in Vietnam, typical works such as: When did you marry? rumored to be west (later changed to Poor hometown), Mother Gio Linh, Back to the Central Region, Twelve Lullabies...
Since five years 1951-1952, Pham Duy composed very little. His remarkable activities during this time were the popularization of folk songs into a folk song "Spring rosettes", and the popularization of the poem "Thien Thai flute" by the poet The Lu into a tango.
From 1954 on, he composed many works, of which typical works are: Country mother, Country child, Country couple, Who's quiz, Xuan ca, Da lai Huong, Xuan thi, Nut bud Spring, Returning Day, Returning Person, Poverty Love, Boat to the Land, Long Journey, Dating, Don't be apart, That day we, Rain falls, My way goes, Nothing else, Finding each other, Loving love songs, No love in life, Tears fall, Afternoon leaves fall, Giving thanks to life, One hand....
In 1963, musician Pham Duy began composing the epic "Vietnamese Mother", this is the second epic after "The Road" the coffin". Both of his epics are considered typical works of Vietnamese music.
Since 1973, he has had many musical compositions, such as: Once upon a time, Hoang Thi, the musical collection "Dao Ca" (Pham Thien Thu's popular poetry), Tha like like raindrops,Take me to find the golden flower cave -nghiep/nha-tho/nguyen-tat-nhien/qq"> Nguyen Tat Nhien), Farewell to you, Autumn in Paris (popular poem Cung Tram Tuong)....
In the movement of Vietnamese folk songs, musician Pham Duy also impressed with many outstanding songs such as Vietnam Vietnam, Spring Du Ca, Give me back my age young... He also published with this movement a collection of Hoan ca's music including genres: Binh Ca, Dong Dao, Female Ca..
On April 27, 1975, musician Pham Duy and his family crossed the border to the US. In the US, he released the suite "Flock of birds leaving the country", consisting of 18 long and short pieces of music. The songs talk about the image of Vietnamese children who have to leave their homeland to find a bright future, but also hope to have a convergence day like the return of birds. After going to the US, Pham Duy returned to Vietnam many times, but until May 17, 2005, the musician decided to settle down in Vietnam.
In 2006, musician Pham Duy organized an event. organized a music night called "The Day of Return" at the theater Ho Chi Minh City. The music night was held on a grand scale, with the participation of many famous artists and writers, and especially received enthusiastic support from the public and the audience.
Musician Pham Duy is also a composer. author of many research works on Vietnamese music of high value. He used to hold the position of professor of music at the Saigon National School of Music.
Some works:
Lower pink
Han So Painting Hero (Nguyen Du's poem)
Dating
Memorabilia for you
Anniversary
Kieu Illustration
Tomb
Brother's shirt has chipped directions
Gio Linh's mother
Alluvial mother
Border bridge side
Taoist song
The way the leaves fall
Take me to find the golden flower cave
Don't leave each other
Lang Son Street
Raindrops on the leaves
Free me
Murder in a dream
Now I love
Orange bell drop
Call me a sad flower
This side of the country
Ben Xuan (written with Van Cao)
Ever know the future
Forgotten guitar
Chieu Quan Cong Ho (Nguyen Du's poem)
Afternoon on the river
The main road
Happy road (written with Le Vy)
Sad love story
That's all
Something left to remember
Da Lai incense
Vietnamese mother
If one day I will die
Nha Trang return date
Miss you tri sound (written with Pham Dinh Chuong)
Once upon a time, Hoang Thi
That day we
When I was twenty years old
The day will come
Summer date
Return date
Once upon a time
A thousand years have not forgotten
Thousand revenue
Sitting close together
Gun-spinning flames
Winter fable
Pink horse
Soldiers on the side
Young soldier
Lover
Old lover on a young head
Returners
Noble Vietnamese
Shame
That day we
Blue age music
Sad street
Poor hometown
Long song Han Mac Tu
Vietnamese Mother's Song
Folk songs
About the Central region
Melancholy Poems
Roadside shop
Dragon song
I love you by mistake
Heart song
Zen song
Spring Message
Battle song
Love song
Love song
Nostalgic love
Voiceover
The flock of birds left the country
The Great Song of the Way (from the North, through the Central, to the South)
Avalokitesvara
Command
Then I'll take you home
Melodies
Child
Suoi Dream (written with Van Cao)
Recording a lullaby
Autumn battlefield
Love someone who misses you
Love song
Faraway boat
Goodbye
The sound of footsteps on the street late at night
Loud singing
Singing on the river
Singing on Lo River
Southern singing
Thien Thai flute
Ancient language
Give it back honey
Sima phoenix (meaning poetry of Nguyen Du)
Far away
Vengeance on the back of a wild horse (written with Ngoc Chanh)
Vietnam, Vietnam
Please keep it for me
Merry Christmas
Spring
Spring song
Spring Festival
Gentle Spring
Spring is
Departure
...
Essays, press:
Van Cao - Pham Duy: Two people, one love - Pham The Dinh
Pham Duy and his homeland - Giao Chi
Pham Duy and I - Ngo Dong
Pham Duy, great athlete; Pham Duy with thousands of lyrics - Nguyen Sa
Van Cao - Pham Duy: Tran Gian And Tien Canh - Thuy Khue
Pham Duy - Timeless musician - Nguyen Ngoc Son
Realism in the lyrics of Pham Duy - Tran Huu Thuc
Pham Duy a freelance artist - Do Xuan Kien
Georges-Étienne Gauthier
Pham Duy, Vietnam's Music Man - Ngoc Bich
His Music Links The Generations - Los Angeles Times
Pham Duy The Nghiem Viet Nhac - Latina Musica Contemporanea Del Mundo
The art of putting poetry into music - Pham Quang Tuan
Writing about Pham Duy - Nguyen Dinh Toan
Pham Duy, The Swallows Shuttle - Co Ngu