Nguyen Van Ty - musician of the song "The One Who Built Ke Go Lake" passed away

Musician Nguyen Van Ty's family said he passed away at 5:15 p.m. on December 26 at his home on Tran Khac Chan Street (District 1, Ho Chi Minh City) after battling many illnesses of old age. Musician Nguyen Van Ty was 94 years old.

Musician Nguyen Van Ty.

At 10am on December 27, his coffin will be moved to the Ho Chi Minh City Funeral Home. His funeral will be held on the morning of December 29 at Binh Duong Flower Garden Cemetery, where many artists are resting, such as musician Pham Duy, writer Son Nam, composer Vien Chau, Professor Tran Van Khe, poet Kien Giang...

Nguyen Van Ty was born in the year of Giap Ty 1924 (some say 1925) in Vinh, Nghe An, originally from Hanoi. Coming from a family with a musical tradition, his father was "the boss of an octet of music in Vinh Phu countryside, proficient in singing Van, Cheo and A Dao", later working as a mechanic at Truong Thi train factory in Nghe An.

As a child, Nguyen Van Ty studied at Vinh National School and was taught by a French teacher the songs of Tino Rossi, which were popular at that time. During his time participating in scouting activities, a Spanish priest let him join the church orchestra to sing hymns.

There he learned basic music theory and especially improved his harmony and singing skills. Nguyen Van Ty was also taught to play the Hawaiian guitar by a Chinese music teacher named Manh Hinh.

From 1944, he sang in tea rooms in Vinh to earn a living. In 1945, Nguyen Van Ty joined the Viet Minh movement, founded and built the poetry and drama troupe of the Nghe An National Salvation Youth.

According to Nguyen Van Ty, he began composing in 1947 when he was the head of the Information and Propaganda Department of Thanh Chuong district, but he considered his first work to be a poem.Who built the ramparts?written 1949.

In 1948, Nguyen Van Ty was in the frontline cultural troupe of the Military Training Department. Then, from 1950, he was assigned to build the Cultural Troupe of Division 304 and became the troupe leader.AftermathThe famous song was composed by him around 1950 after visiting a friend's house in Quynh Luu, Nghe An.Aftermathwrite about your friend's sister

In 1951, Nguyen Van Ty was discharged from the army and transferred to work at the Literary and Artistic Association of Inter-Zone IV. In 1952, he met Ms. Nguyen Thi Bach Le, the younger sister of musician Nguyen Van Thuong, and later the two got married. During this time, he composed songs such as:Crossing the ocean(1952),Doi-a singing(1953) and the famous songI love you, baby.(1956).

At the end of 1957, Nguyen Van Ty, along with Nguyen Xuan Khoat, Do Nhuan, Luu Huu Phuoc, and Van Cao, were appointed to establish the Vietnam Musicians Association.

Throughout his composing career, he left behind many famous musical works such as:Echoes, Ben Tre's posture, Mother loves her child, The soldier's shirt that mother mended years ago, A sentimental song of a Ha Tinh person, The person who built Ke Go lake...

In 2000, he was awarded the Ho Chi Minh Prize by the state.