Songs by musician Doan Chuan are all love diaries.

Music lovers of Van Cao, Doan Chuan and Tu Linh will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in the music of the musicians in the music night "Thien Thai" on the evening of April 27 at the Hanoi Opera House. Before the show, musician Doan Dinh, son of musician Doan Chuan, shared many anecdotes behind some of the late musician's compositions.

Musicians Van Cao - Doan Chuan - Tu Linh

In most of his compositions, musician Doan Chuan often signed with the pen name Doan Chuan - Tu Linh. There are many anecdotes about the name Doan Chuan - Tu Linh. Some people believe that Tu Linh was Doan Chuan's close friend, the composer, the lyricist and the co-signer.

However, musician Doan Dinh said that once, Guitar musician Van Vuong told him: "Dinh, your father told me, "Tu Linh" is the first and last name of Thanh Hang (TH)". Thanh Hang is the girl musician Doan Chuan loves deeply, maybe he used that way to legalize his lover's name.

"My father did not tell me those things. But anyway, Doan Chuan - Tu Linh is already a very beautiful name, everyone should not go deeper to find out who Doan Chuan is, who Tu Linh is. My father only told us: My children, all my compositions are my love diary" - musician Doan Dinh said.

Referring to Thanh Hang, his father's muse, Doan Dinh shared two more anecdotes linking the image of this beauty with his father's compositions.

Musician Doan Chuan and his wife and their eldest daughter

"My father loved my mother and lived with her all his life, but only wrote two songs for her, while he loved a famous and beautiful singer in Hanoi at that time named Thanh Hang and wrote 6 songs for her.

When my mother heard about the incident, she was in Hai Phong and immediately took a car to Hanoi. Everyone thought there would be a big fight, but unexpectedly my mother gently asked: "I'm asking you honestly, do you love Doan Chuan?". Thanh Hang answered yes. She continued: "If you love Mr. Chuan 1, I love Mr. Chuan 10, I'm willing to give Mr. Chuan to you. If you love my Mr. Doan Chuan, then try to love his six children."

So Thanh Hang woke up and returned all the letters from the two of them to my mother and tore up the songs my father gave her. That's why my father wrote the song "The Torn Song". Later, when he heard that Thanh Hang was getting married, my father wrote and sent her the song "Leaves Falling in a Thousand Afternoons". After receiving my father's song, she cried and refused to get married again" - musician Doan Dinh said.

Doan Dinh also said that his father was a famous Northern playboy, with six cars in the house and a private gas station in front of the house to serve him. In the house, he hired workers to build a separate room filled with balloons on the ceiling, and when any balloon deflated, he would have his family buy more balloons to make room for entertaining friends. Guests could freely enjoy music, fruits, foreign wine, etc.

Singer Ngoc Cham and musician Van Thao and his wife, son of musician Van Cao

Explaining the decision to combine the compositions of the late musician Van Cao and Doan Chuan - Tu Linh in one music night, singer Ngoc Cham, the program's production director, said: "The two late musicians have certain things in common: These are two musicians from the same period: Van Cao (1923 - 1995) and Doan Chuan - Tu Linh (1924 - 2001) had the same composition period, and had immortal compositions from 1939 - 1970.

Combining the compositions of the two musicians is an opportunity to revive the youthful memories of many generations of audiences. The two musicians are both talented and famous giants of Vietnamese modern music. The songs of the above musicians are full of philosophy, philosophy but romantic and elegant, very luxurious and noble, especially lyrical songs such as: Truong Chi, Suoi Mo, Thien Thai, Sending wind to the flying clouds, Autumn charm... Moreover, the combined name "Van Cao - Doan Chuan - Tu Linh" sounds very rhymed, stylized very poetically, easy to read, easy to remember, easy to enter people's hearts".

Source: https://nld.com.vn/ca-khuc-cua-nhac-si-doan-chuan-deu-la-nhat-ky-tinh-yeu-196240407131813375.htm