Story about the song "The Country is Full of Joy"

That is the emotional sharing of musician Hoang Ha about the song "The Country is Full of Joy" - one of the songs considered a masterpiece about the historical moment when the country was completely unified, the mountains and rivers were one strip.

Musician Hoang Ha in the program of 30 years of the Voice of Vietnam Symphony Orchestra. Photo: Document

According to musician Hoang Ha, the song "The Country Full of Joy" was written, composed and recorded in just one day and night (April 26, 1975), four days before the complete reunification of the country. " At that time, I had never been to the South, and did not know what Saigon was like. From mid-April, the atmosphere in Hanoi around me was very exciting... news of victory poured in every day. In the Radio agency, everyone was excited and enthusiastic. The atmosphere in Hanoi during this historical moment in those days was filled with determination and belief in certain victory " - the author of the song "The Country Full of Joy" recalled.

"Just the word 'full' in the song title makes me admire my father so much. Having to live under American bombs, with bomb fragments embedded in our pillows like my family that night in Hanoi, I can understand the meaning of the word 'full' in that full joy! Because before that, the North lived in peace, everyone was happy and confident, but the true great joy of 'full' was not until April 30, 1975, when the South was completely liberated and the country was unified." - Meritorious Artist and Musician Hoang Luong, son of musician Hoang Ha, shared.

According to the talented musician, the greatest opportunity for him to have the emotions and ideas to write the song "The Country is Full of Joy" was the event when our army started the Ho Chi Minh Campaign, liberating Saigon. " On the morning of April 26, through CP90, the news that our troops surrounded Saigon from all sides and prepared to attack Saigon created a strange source of encouragement for me. Now we are about to enter Saigon. I have to write immediately to be on time. So many images and ideas, continuously, interspersed, flashing in my mind, but none of them "stopped ".

In that excited mood, suddenly a very short news was broadcast on the radio but had an extremely important meaning to me: The campaign to liberate Saigon was named the Ho Chi Minh Campaign " - musician Hoang Ha shared with the press.

According to the musician, “ to have such a “Country full of joy” is the result of a process of accumulation, most recently since the Tet Offensive of 1968, or even before. Many factors gradually added up to then explode at a certain point ”. “ The images of the time when I followed the army to take over the capital Hanoi (October 1954) with the forest of flags, the bustling forest of people recreated like a sharp documentary. Saigon appeared in my mind like a vivid illusion with the stories I heard, the resilient warriors, the miserable Saigon army officers I met, memories of the victorious anti-sweep battles, the day the capital was liberated… ” - musician Hoang Ha explained what helped him to fully express the jubilant atmosphere of the day of national reunification.

" Each musical note, each idea, each word, just burst out from the depths of my heart, exuberantly " We walk among the golden stars, the forest of fluttering flags! I hear the echo of Uncle Ho's voice rising from the mountains and rivers... Oh, boundless happiness, sing more, my dear, words of love! " The overwhelming emotions reached a climax, suddenly the voice of the Dong Thap folk song of the Liberation artist from years ago burst out, the typical image of the Southern people that I have always cherished in my heart, just soared high, taking my soul to fly, intoxicated in the space of the heroic mountains and rivers on the day of complete liberation !" - musician Hoang Ha revealed.

The lyrics, the echoes are so proud

Mothers with revolutionary contributions, representing the long-haired army on Liberation Day. Photo: VNA archive.

The song was written by the musician with a hunch but also with the absolute faith of all Vietnamese people during those historic days.

According to musician Hoang Ha, on the morning of April 27, he brought the song that had just been completed the night before to the station. Musician Nguyen An, who was then the Head of the Music Editorial Team, read and approved it, then immediately assigned it to musician Trieu Dang to arrange it in time. The very next day, there was a recording session of the Symphony Orchestra, and artist Trung Kien - later People's Artist Trung Kien - was the first singer to perform the song.

“ I listened and admired Trung Kien, how could there be such sympathy! Trung Kien’s emotions in his singing really gave wings to my song to fly, exactly as I imagined a glorious day of liberation of the South, sending my passionate feelings into every note” - the musician expressed his feelings when listening to artist Trung Kien perform in the first recording session. Later, to him, artist Trung Kien was always the one who performed the song “The Country with Full Joy” which he thought was the best and most emotional.

The song was first broadcast on Liberation Radio on May 1, 1975, accompanied by cheers and sing-alongs from the masses in the joy of victory.

“ We walk in the light of thousands of golden stars, the forest of fluttering flags! (…) We hear the sound of Uncle Ho waking up from the mountains and rivers/ The stars are shining brightly today, Uncle is happy with the whole people/ Oh Thanh Dong! The steadfastness has resounded in victory/ Oh, boundless happiness, sing again, my dear, words of love ”. Until today, it has been 49 years since "The Country is Full of Joy" was written, but these vibrant lyrics and music still make Vietnamese hearts flutter and emotional, especially when this triumphant song resounds right on the historic days of April.

HN. (Synthesis)

Musician Hoang Ha's real name is Hoang Phi Hong, born on December 1, 1929 in Tay Ho, Hanoi. He is also known by his stage name Cam La. He joined the revolutionary movement at the age of 16 and began composing in 1945. He is the author of many famous songs, such as: The lights on Viet Tri bridge; Communist Saturday singing; Meeting on Truong Son peak; Ammunition loading song; Marching together in the middle of spring; The country is full of joy, Symphony and choir: Con Dao...

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