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La Doãn Chánh (Chinese: 羅允正, 1920–2 April 1945), known by his stage name La Hối (Chinese: 羅開), was a Vietnamese musician of Chinese heritage.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | La Doãn Chánh |
| Born | 1920 Hội An, French Indochina |
| Died | 2 April 1945 (aged 24–25) Đà Nẵng, Empire of Vietnam |
| Years active | 1934–1945 |
Biography edit
Born in 1920 to a Hakka family with origins in Dongguan, Guangdong, China, La Hối started writing songs at the age of 14. Between 1936 and 1938, he studied in Saigon and began to embrace Western musical conventions.
In 1939, La Hối returned to his hometown Hội An, where, along with some of his close friends, he founded the Faifoo Philharmonic Society.[1] From this period until his passing, he authored songs by himself and collaborated with other well-known musicians of the time on others, such as Gấm vàng (Golden Brocade) with Dương Minh Ninh, Nắng chiều (Sun in the Afternoon) with Lê Trọng Nguyễn and Chiều tưởng nhớ (Afternoon of Mourning) with Lan Đài.
1944 was when La Hối composed his last and most popular song, Xuân và tuổi trẻ (Spring and Youth, Chinese: 青年與春天) and a year later, in the wake of the Japanese coup d'état in French Indochina, he made the Philharmonic Society an anti-Japanese resistance group. However, the Kempeitai captured and executed him on the foot of a mountain outside Đà Nẵng on 2 April. He was 25. Ten of his comrades also met an identical fate.[2][3][4][5]
Legacy edit
Out of La Hối's estimated 20 self-made works, only Xuân và tuổi trẻ, as well as Xuân sắc quê hương (The Colours of Spring),[6] remains. In his memory, poet Thế Lữ wrote the lyrics to Xuân và tuổi trẻ during a visit to Hội An in 1946.
Many of his descendants and relatives also became musicians, most notably La Gia Thắng (or La Xuân, 1919–1966) and pianist La Gia Quảng (or La Châu Quảng, 1926–2014).[7][8][9]
References edit
- ^ Faifoo is a disused exonym for Hội An. Cited: Chen, Chingho. Historical Notes on Hội-An (Faifo). Center for Vietnamese Studies, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1974, page 10.
- ^ Hoàng Vũ, Nguyễn Văn Quý (2001). "Xuân và tuổi trẻ - Tưởng niệm nhạc sĩ La Hối" [Spring and Youth - In memory of musician La Hối] (in Vietnamese). Nhịp Cầu Âm Nhạc. Archived from the original on 20 July 2006. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ Nguyễn Hữu Hồng Minh (20 December 2017). "Nhạc sĩ La Hối đã chết như thế nào?" [How did musician La Hối die?] (in Vietnamese). Một Thế Giới. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ "Nhạc sĩ La Hối với ca khúc Xuân và tuổi trẻ" [La Hối and the song "Spring and Youth"] (in Vietnamese). Tuổi Trẻ. 20 January 2006. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ ""Xuân và tuổi trẻ", một ca khúc xuân trẻ trung, nồng thắm" ["Spring and Youth", a youthful and passionate song] (in Vietnamese). Ho Chi Minh City Education magazine. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ "Lyrics to "Xuân sắc quê hương"" (in Vietnamese). Lyrics.vn. 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ Nguyễn Hữu Hồng Minh (20 December 2017). "Về Hội An tìm dấu vết nhạc sĩ La Hối "Xuân và Tuổi trẻ"" [Returning to Hội An to find the traces of musician La Hối] (in Vietnamese). Một Thế Giới. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ Trương Điện Thắng (12 December 2015). "Từ La Hối đến mạch nguồn âm nhạc phố cổ" [From La Hối to the roots of the ancient city's music] (in Vietnamese). Quảng Nam newspaper. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ Lê Viết Hải (30 January 2014). "Gia đình âm nhạc họ La ở phố Hội" [The La family of musicians in Hội An] (in Vietnamese). Người Lao Động. Retrieved 3 February 2024.