Musician Nguyen Vu - author of 'Sad Hymn' passed away

The news of the sudden passing of musician Nguyen Vu, author of 'Sad Hymn', has shocked fans. Vietnamese music has lost another great name.

Musician Nguyen Vu is the author of a series of famous songs: Last Words for You, Last Song for My Lover, Legend of the Rainy Afternoon, Anniversary Night ... and especially Sad Hymn.

Talented musician Nguyen Vu

Photo: Lac Xuan

Song Sad Hymn

Photo: TL

Talking about the opportunity to be honored as a student of the talented musician Nguyen Vu - his great teacher, painter Bui Duc Lam said: "Forty years have passed, I still remember that it was a simple level 4 house, on the wall hung many musical instruments such as flutes, guitars... Receiving me was a man in his forties, elegant in appearance, friendly in face. I still remember "teacher Khanh" always wore an old purple khaki shirt, the collar was worn but clean and neat"...

Painter Bui Duc Lam recalls: "The first time we met, he asked my age and said, "We are both friends of Xuan Tien, we know each other, so let's just call each other brothers, no need to call each other teacher and student politely", then he gave me the guitar and told me to play a song that I liked the most. After listening, "teacher" did not have any comments, just kindly asked where I was, what I was doing... After thinking for a moment, he said he would tutor me 3 times a week, on the condition that I practice absolutely hard... When asked about the tuition fee, he said, "It doesn't matter, you can give me any amount!"... So I officially became a student of Teacher Nguyen Tuan Khanh, who, a few months later, when I was about to finish studying with him, I found out that he was the famous musician Nguyen Vu, author of the Sad Hymn that many non-religious and religious people know.

"Although I only studied with him for a few months, his virtue, humility, and especially his subtle empathy... impressed me and have made me grateful until now," painter Bui Duc Lam was moved.

Talented musician Nguyen Vu through the drawings of painter Bui Duc Lam

Painter Bui Duc Lam presents a portrait painting to musician Nguyen Vu (center) at his home.

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Musician Nguyen Vu's real name is Nguyen Tuan Khanh. He was born in 1944 in Hanoi. In 1954, he followed his family to the South and lived in Da Lat. Thanks to his musical talent and his family's teaching from a young age, he can play many musical instruments such as guitar, harmonica, piano...

Musician Nguyen Vu was once a member of the Children's Committee of Da Lat Radio Station and won first prize in the children's solo singing contest of the station when he was only 12 years old. Many of his songs were very popular at that time: Hoa xoan ben sien cu, Chiec la cuoi, Mua xuan dau, Quan nhuon, Loi tau tinh...; later there were many other songs : Mot loai chim bien, Huyen thoai chieu mua, Bai hymn buon, Bai cuon cho nguoi loi, Loi cuoi cho em ...

It is known that before his death, musician Nguyen Vu was still healthy at a rare old age and as young and elegant as ever, still actively communicating with fans of the Sad Hymn and still tactfully complaining "people sing my song with wrong lyrics in too many places...".

Currently, the funeral for musician Nguyen Vu is being prepared by his family and an announcement will be made to the audience and fans .

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/nhac-si-nguyen-vu-tac-gia-bai-thanh-ca-buon-qua-doi-185250924191314717.htm