Musician Van Cao's family is upset about the licensing of the 'National Anthem'
Poet and painter Van Thao - son of the late musician Van Cao - said his family does not care about the song 'Tien Quan Ca' being announced for public distribution because it has long been in the hearts of the Vietnamese people.
Recently, the Department of Performing Arts has "updated and supplemented" the list of 324 widely popular songs, most of which are red songs that are very familiar to the public. In this list of 324 widely popular songs, there is the song Tien Quan Ca - Vietnam's National Anthem composed by musician Van Cao.
This information is causing many conflicting debates and even music lovers think that this is a "laugh-out-loud" story. Because "Tien Quan Ca" is the national anthem of the country, approved by the National Assembly. Therefore, the document of the Department of Performing Arts granting permission for wide distribution has unintentionally become a joke for many people.
 |
In response to this move by the Department of Performing Arts, poet and artist Van Thao - son of the late musician Van Cao - said that his family does not care whether the Department decides to license or widely distribute Tien Quan Ca or not because the family has donated this song to the State.
"I'm not surprised by this. Since the beginning of the year, the Department has done many things that have made people dissatisfied. My family is no longer interested in this matter, let the people speak up. Van Cao's works have been sung for many years, now they are being popularized with licenses, and then the name is being written wrongly. In general, I'm very bored," poet and artist Van Thao shared.
Previously, in August 2015, there was also a debate about whether to collect royalties for the song "Tien Quan Ca", when the Vietnam Center for Music Copyright Protection spoke up to demand collecting royalties for this song. After that, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism suggested that the Vietnam Center for Music Copyright Protection stop collecting royalties, the reason being that Ms. Nghiem Thuy Bang (wife of the late musician Van Cao) donated the work Tien Quan Ca to the public, the Party, the National Assembly and the State. This was also the wish of the late musician Van Cao when he was still alive.
In 1946, the song Tien Quan Ca was chosen by the National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam as the National Anthem. When the country was unified, after 1975, there was a campaign to compose a new National Anthem, but the National Assembly still decided that Tien Quan Ca was the National Anthem. On July 15, 2016, in Hanoi, the Office of the National Assembly coordinated with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to organize a ceremony to receive the song "Tien Quan Ca" and posthumously award the Ho Chi Minh Medal from the President to the late musician Van Cao, and the Certificate of Merit from the Prime Minister to Ms. Nghiem Thuy Bang (wife of the late musician Van Cao). |
According to Vietnamnet
.jpg "Khi cả triệu trái tim cùng chung nhịp đập...")
.jpg "Lãnh đạo tỉnh Nghệ An mặc áo đỏ sao vàng, hát Quốc ca, đi bộ “Cùng Việt Nam tiến bước”")
