The trường ca "long song", is a lyrical genre of Vietnamese song and poetry. The term ''trường ca'' in Vietnamese applies both to poetry - including the European epos, or Epic poem ( :vi:trường ca), but secondly also to a specific Vietnamese song genre ( :vi:Trường ca (âm nhạc)) which is a development of both European and traditional Vietnamese models. Notable exponents of the song genre include the three masters of the 1960s and 1970s,

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who wrote long lyrics with the intention not of poems to be read, but to be sung. An example of French references is found in Trịnh Công Sơn's ''trường ca'', using the image of a tireless sand crab, which draws on Camus'

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Examples

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(1947) *'' Ba Đình nắng'' của Bùi Công Kỳ (1947) *'' Bình ca'' của Nguyễn Đình Phúc (1947) *'' Con đường cái quan'' của

(1954) *'' Du kích sông Thao'' của

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( thập niên 1950) *'' Đóa hoa vô thường'' của

*'' Hội trùng dương'' của

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*'' Hòn vọng phu'' của

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(1947) *'' Mẹ Việt Nam'' của Phạm Duy (1960) *'' Người Hà Nội'' của

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Hàn Mặc Tử Francis Nguyễn Trọng Trí, penname Hàn Mặc Tử (September 22, 1912 – November 11, 1940), was a Vietnamese poet. He was the most celebrated Vietnamese Catholic literary figure during the colonial era. He was born Nguyễn Trọng Trí, ...

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*'' Người Việt Nam'' của Trương Quý Hải.

References

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