Đỗ Nhuận

Đỗ Nhuận (December 10, 1922 in Hải Dương – May 18, 1991 in Hanoi) was a Vietnamese classical composer. He is known for the first homegrown Vietnamese opera - Cô Sao "Miss Sao." This and other more-or-less revolutionary themed musicals were premiered by the Vietnam National Opera and Ballet (VNOB) at the Hanoi Opera House.[1] During the late 1960s he was highly critical of the "pop" music of songwriters in the South such as Phạm Duy.[2] He was later General Secretary of the Vietnam Musicians' Association.[3] He was a recipient of the Hồ Chí Minh Prize.

Don't confuse with an earlier Đỗ Nhuận (born 1440), a high ranking politician, a noted poet, member of Tao Đàn nhị thập bát tú - a famous association of 28 poets under the command of King Lê Thánh Tông.[4]

Works

Operas

  • Cô Sao (Miss Sao) Hanoi 1965, restaged as A Sao 1976.[5]
  • Người tạc tượng (The Sculptor) Hanoi 1971
  • Nguyễn Trãi (life of Nguyễn Trãi) Hanoi 1980.

Songs

  • Du kích Sông Thao (Guerrillas of Thao River) - composed in 1949, a typical song of Nhạc đỏ, performed by many famous singers, one of them is Đào Tố Loan in Toyota Concert 2017.[6][7]
  • Giải phóng Điện Biên (Liberate Điện Biên) - composed on May 7th 1954, day of Điện Biên Phủ victory, was chosen as one of the official daily theme tunes of the Voice of Vietnam.[8]
  • Việt Nam - Trung Hoa (越南—中华 , Vietnam - China) - 1966

References
  1. Modern and contemporary dance "In the following year this new institution presented the first truly homegrown Vietnamese opera - Cô Sao ('Miss Sao') by composer Đỗ Nhuận marked the first successful attempt to integrate rural Vietnamese folk melodies into the western .."
  2. SERAS: Volume 27 Association for Asian Studies. Southeast Conference - 2006 "1969... In this article Đỗ Nhuận assures his audience that the people of the South detest Pham Duy's reactionary music, and listen to it only because it is being forced upon them through the media controlled by the American puppet regime."
  3. British Broadcasting Corporation. Summary of world broadcasts: Far East: Part 3 Monitoring Service - 1983 "On behalf of the congress participants, Comrade Do Nhuan, General Secretary of the Vietnam Musicians' Association, then read a report, in which he pointed out the achievements in musical composition and popularization over the past 20 ."
  4. "The person who was inscribed on the Doctor's stele at the Temple of Literature, Hanoi five times". nhandan.vn.
  5. Thông tấn xã Việt Nam, Vietnam. Bộ văn hóa và thông tin - 2004 ".. Canadian conductor and VNOB instrumentalists. historical revolutionary opera composed by Đỗ Nhuận was staged and directed by Van Hai (in 1976 it was re-staged by director Van Ha with a new title "A Sao")."
  6. "Tố Loan - Du Kích Sông Thao". youtube.com. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  7. "Toyota Concert 2017 - 20 years of bringing classical music closer to Vietnamese audiences". sggp.org.vn. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  8. "The long-lasting songs about Điện Biên Phủ victory". hanoimoi.com.vn. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
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