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Cao Văn Lầu
Cao Văn Lầu (1892–1976), also known as Sáu Lầu (''Lầu the Sixth'' in Vietnamese), was a Vietnamese musician. He was the original composer of the song vọng cổ which started a new genre of cải lương music in the 1920s. He was born on 22 December 1892 in Long An province, French Cochinchina. At the age of 4, he moved to Bạc Liêu and spent all his life there. In Bạc Liêu, he studied chữ Hán with a monk and then attended a French primary school. In 1907, Lầu stopped schooling because of his poverty. In 1908, he began learning music from local musician Lê Tài Khí and began his music career four year later. In 1913, he married a woman named Trần Thị Tấn. Because Tấn was not pregnant after three year of marriage, Lầu was forced to send his wife back to her family due to local custom. This separation was inspired Cao Văn Lầu in comprising his best known love-song Dạ cổ hoài lang (Night Drum Beats Cause Longing for Absent Husband), a so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cao (Vietnamese Surname)
Cao is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as Gao in Chinese and Go in Korean. It is unrelated to the Chinese surname Cao, which is transliterated as Tào in Vietnamese. List of persons with the surname * Cao Lỗ, weaponry engineer and minister * Cao Bá Quát, poet and revolutionary * Cao Thắng, bandit-turned-anticolonial fighter * Cao Xuân Dục, scholar, historian-mandarin, and court adviser * Cao Văn Lầu, musician * Cao Văn Viên, General in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) * Đoan Trang (Cao Thị Đoan Trang), singer * Joseph Cao Ánh Quang "Joseph" Cao (, ; vi, Cao Quang Ánh; born March 13, 1967) is a Vietnamese–American politician who was the U.S. representative for from 2009 to 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he is the first Vietnamese American and first ..., lawyer, former US representative from Louisiana {{DEFAULTSORT:Cao Vietnamese-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cao Văn Lầu
Cao Văn Lầu (1892–1976), also known as Sáu Lầu (''Lầu the Sixth'' in Vietnamese), was a Vietnamese musician. He was the original composer of the song vọng cổ which started a new genre of cải lương music in the 1920s. He was born on 22 December 1892 in Long An province, French Cochinchina. At the age of 4, he moved to Bạc Liêu and spent all his life there. In Bạc Liêu, he studied chữ Hán with a monk and then attended a French primary school. In 1907, Lầu stopped schooling because of his poverty. In 1908, he began learning music from local musician Lê Tài Khí and began his music career four year later. In 1913, he married a woman named Trần Thị Tấn. Because Tấn was not pregnant after three year of marriage, Lầu was forced to send his wife back to her family due to local custom. This separation was inspired Cao Văn Lầu in comprising his best known love-song Dạ cổ hoài lang (Night Drum Beats Cause Longing for Absent Husband), a so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |