Nhạc tài tử
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Nhạc tài tử is a genre of chamber music in the traditional music of southern Vietnam, literally "music of amateurs". Its instrumentation resembles that of the Huế style; additionally, modified versions of the European instruments guitar, violin, and steel guitar are used. Vọng cổ ("Remembering the Past") is one of the more popular tài tử melodies, and was composed in 1917 by a Mr. Sáu Làu, of Bạc Liêu, a province in southern Vietnam.
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[edit] Etymology
The term comes from the Sino-Vietnamese terms nhạc (樂, literally "music") and tài tử (才子, literally "amateur"; the original Chinese meaning was "gifted scholar").
[edit] References
- Trần Văn Khê/Nguyễn Thuyết Phong. "Vietnam." Grove Music online.
[edit] External links
- "Huế and Tài Tử Music of Viet Nam: The Concept of Music and Social Organisation of Musicians", by Lê Tuấn Hùng
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