| Description |
Văn Thiên Tường is one variation on Oán pieces, which have three sections and forty-two phrases of eight bars each and are played with an Ai Oán nuance. This instrumental piece was composed by Trần Quang Thọ, a court musician of the Nguyễn dynasty of Huế who moved to Mỹ Tho province. It is to praise the national hero of Vietnam Thủ Khoa Huân in the resistance war against the French in the last decades of the twentieth century. After that, many new songs have been composed in accordance with the melody of Văn Thiên Tường. This item is performed by singer Tuyết Lan with two sections (1 and 3) with the combination of the bầu (monochord) and the kìm (lute). |
