Send love in ca tru melody
(Baonghean) - A friend of poetry and literature, he often pours his heart into his writings with a sharp and delicate pen. Not a professional poet or writer, he is an officer of the Forestry - Forestry industry, but has a deep love for art, especially Ca Tru...
SBorn in 1948 in Dien Hoa (Dien Chau) - the land considered the cradle of the art of Ca Tru in Nghe An, since childhood, poetry and ancient melodies, clappers, and the profound, elegant rhythms of Ca Tru have filled the soul of the young boy Cao Xuan Thuong.
He loved poetry and literature, and although he did not choose to pursue an artistic career when he grew up, throughout his time working in the forestry industry, Mr. Thuong was still passionate about composing and making friends with many artists. People also know him as a multi-talented person, able to play musical instruments: two-stringed erhu, flute, stone lute, and compose plays, operas, and ca tru...
Mr. Thuong is absorbed in his zither.
Considered a type of Vietnamese chamber and scholarly music, ca tru is a wonderful combination of lyrics and vocals combined with musical instruments: clappers, stone zithers, and chau drums... Although called for "revival", in reality, ca tru still lacks a team of good and creative composers. In most poetry festivals, ca tru is sung over and over again with some familiar melodies of famous writers of the past... With the thought of needing new ca tru songs, in 2002, Mr. Thuong began composing ca tru. According to him, composing ca tru is not difficult, but the writer must have a sincere love for it. "Composing ca tru also has rules, but not as strict as Tang poetry. The only thing is, ca tru has a romantic and romantic nature. Therefore, it requires the creator to have a truly romantic soul" - Mr. Thuong said.
At Vietnamese Poetry Day
...Here Lam Giang waves beat with homesickness
Look at Hong Linh, clouds drifting, love from afar
Beyond the miles, the poem is still filled with tears
Hundreds of years of writing and research are not in vain
Where is the title, where is the zither, where is the tears, where is the stringed instrument?
Where is the main messenger, the knowing, emptiness... form...
In the near future, he plans to publish a collection of Ca Tru poems for those who love poetry and Ca Tru. "I compose for fun, to beautify my own soul, not to try to become a professional poet or writer," he smiled gently.
In the quiet space of Dien Hoa village, Mr. Thuong played a piece of Ca Tru for us on an old stone zither.
Linh Phuong
