Nhan Dan- Over half a century has gone by, Vietnamese people are very proud of the revolutionary music with a very great and valuable heritage of songs on President Ho Chi Minh and the glorious Communist Party of Vietnam.

Many songs on the Party and President Ho Chi Minh which were composed by famous composers such as Luu Huu Phuoc, Van Cao, Do Nhuan, To Vu, Huy Du, Tran Hoan, Thuan Yen have now become everlasting. Not only songs, there are also symphonies and operas bringing the image of President Ho into bold relief, engraving in the heart of the Vietnamese people.

The image of President Ho is seen in different genres of music, from marching song like ‘Bac Van Cung Chung Chau Hanh Quan’ (Uncle Ho seems to March with Us) by Huy Thuc, love song such as ‘Nhung Bong Hoa Trong Vuon Bac’ (Flowers in Uncle Ho’s Garden) by Van Dung to epic like ‘Nguoi La Niem Tin Tat Thang’ (President is the Belief for Victory).

Particularly, almost all the Vietnamese composers have branded in their memory the image of Uncle Ho conducting a song of unity. That was on September 3, 1960 at Bach Thao (Botanical Garden) when President Ho came to join the performance after the success of the third Party Congress. In the presence of thousands of people and international guests, President Ho came on the stage and took the baton to conduct the philharmonic orchestra and the choir to sing the song ‘Ket Doan’ (Unity). The moment when Uncle Ho conducted the choir and the orchestra to perform the ‘Unity’ song was captured by photographer Lam Hong Long and this photo has since then become the symbol of national unity and international unity as well as the Vietnamese culture and Vietnamese music.

In accordance with the Party’s policy in response to the creativity campaign on studying and following President Ho Chi Minh’s moral examples, in recent years, hundreds of musical works on the theme have been introduced to the public. ‘Hanh khuc Ho Chi Minh’ (Ho Chi Minh Marching Song) by Nguyen Duc Toan, and ‘Nuoc Non Ten Nguoi’ (Land of President Ho’s Name) by Chu Minh are one of the most remarkable works.

This shows that the subject on Uncle Ho and the Party always inspires artists of the present day and the future.

By Do Hong Quan