Musical Story Blog (93) Nhớ về Trịnh Công Sơn

Trịnh Công Sơn on Google Doogle

Trịnh Công Sơn trên Google Doogle nhân kỷ niệm 80 năm ngày sinh của ông Source: Google Doodle

"Today’s Doodle celebrates the life and legacy of Trịnh Công Sơn, a prolific and powerful Vietnamese musician, songwriter, poet, and painter" ."Son become a songwriter in the 1950s. His songs protesting the Vietnam War—particularly those on the 1966 collection Songs of Golden Skin—were popular with soldiers on both sides of the conflict. After the war ended, much of his family fled their homeland, but Sơn chose to stay, writing songs about the unification of North and South Vietnam that displeased government authorities, who sent him to do forced labor in a “re-education camp.” Following his release, he continued to record music and paint throughout his life." Google Doodle wrote of Trinh Cong Son in celebrating his 80th birthday. The giant company honors the song writer by using his image as its site displace.



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