Phạm Tuyên


Phạm Tuyên is a very well known Vietnamese musician. He was head of the music service at Hanoi's Voice of Vietnam Radio during the Vietnam War. He is the author of many popular socialist songs, for example Như có Bác Hồ trong ngày vui đại thắng and Đảng đã cho ta mùa xuân.

Biography and career

Phạm Tuyên was born on January 12, 1930, at rural commune Lương Ngọc, urban commune Bình Giang, province Hải Hưng. He is the ninth child of the very famous journalist, scholar and culture researcher Phạm Quỳnh .
In 1949, Phạm Tuyên worked at Trường Lục quân Trần Quốc Tuấn, course V. Then in 1950, he was a leader of a company at Trường Thiếu sinh quân Việt Nam. During this period, he started to create the songs, in more detail these songs is about his military schools.
In 1954, he was appointed to undertake the literature, sport and arts at Khu học xá Trung ương at Nam Ninh, China. Then in 1958, he came back to Vietnam and work at Đài tiếng nói Việt Nam, in more detail he assumed the direction of music editor. From that time to 1975, he did create many popular songs such as Bài ca người thợ rừng, Bài ca người thợ mỏ, the chorus Miền Nam anh dũng và bất khuất, Bám biển quê hương, Yêu biết mấy những con đường, Chiếc gậy Trường Sơn, Gảy đàn lên hỡi người bạn Mỹ, Từ làng Sen, Đêm Cha Lo, Từ một ngã tư đường phố.
The song Như có Bác trong ngày vui đại thắng was created in the night of April 28, 1975, recorded in the afternoon of April 28, 1975 and then broadcast in a special newscast at 5 p.m the same day, when North Vietnam finally conquered South Vietnam, officially ending the Vietnam War.
After 1975, he created another popular songs: Gửi nắng cho em, Con kênh ta đào, Màu cờ tôi yêu, Thành phố mười mùa hoa
The song Chiến đấu vì độc lập tự do was created in the beginning of the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War. This song made the beginning of the music stream named "biên giới phía Bắc", heroizing Vietnamese soldiers who fought the Chinese. However, these songs was not put into circulation after the Sino-Vietnamese relationship was recovered.
He also wrote many songs for the children and young citizens. Some of them became very popular, such as: Tiến lên đoàn viên, Chiếc đèn ông sao, Hành khúc Đội thiếu niên Tiền phong Hồ Chí Minh, Hát dưới cờ Hà Nội, Gặp nhau giữa trời thu Hà Nội, Đêm pháo hoa, Cô và mẹ...
He also wrote many articles about the musical aesthetics, about some songs and their authors, and was the initiator and director of many national musical competition such as Tiếng hát hoa phượng đỏ, Liên hoan Văn nghệ truyền hình toàn quốc. He was the President of the Board of examiners of many national arts festival held by the Ministry of Culture and many various branch in the country.
Phạm Tuyên was also a commissioner of the Standing committee of the Executive board of Hội nhạc sĩ Việt Nam from 1963 to 1983.
He retired and now he is living at Hà Nội.

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