A new perspective on Ca trù art preservation and development
The book “Co Dao – A research research on history and law system” by the author, music researcher Bui Trong Hien goes into the historical aspects of the cultural space and the negative system of the art form. Traditional dao (Ca trù).
Photo: Phuong Lan – VNA
On April 6, in Hanoi, the National Institute of Culture and Arts of Vietnam and Omega Vietnam Book Joint Stock Company (Omega Plus) held a seminar and launched the book “Co Dao – a research on history And the negative system ”by the author, music researcher Bui Trong Hien. The book goes into the historical aspects of the cultural space and the negative system of the traditional art form (Ca Tru).
According to the author, researcher Bui Trong Hien, in the traditional Vietnamese ethnic music background, no music genre is as multifaceted as the art. For a long time, talking about her (Ca trù), public opinion often thinks of “the first theater” and the playboys that people default to “fall, depraved” – the remnant of the regime feudal colonists in the early twentieth century. However, few people know that, in the national music background, she is the genre in the high -tech level with the most complex law sound system.
Photo: Phuong Lan – VNA
Back in history, from the first half of the twentieth century and earlier, she was a professional music genre, covering all over the North to Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh. In the second half of the twentieth century, when the history came to Trang, the teaching of the ward of the Dao dispersed, the theater of the city was forced to close, dig the hidden mai anonymous and the dao disappear completely from the social life …
Only after UNESCO recognized the title of World Heritage, Dao was known more. In the book “Co Dao: An research on history and the law system”, the author, music researcher Bui Trong Hien chose another approach; It is going into the historical aspects, cultural space and the negative system of this traditional art form. Through 7 parts of the content, readers will gradually enter the world full of art, bold Vietnamese cultural spirit of singing, explaining and understanding why this type of music is recognized by UNESCO is the intangible cultural heritage of the world.
At the book launch, researcher Bui Trong Hien and music researcher Dang Hoanh Loan shared for readers to better understand singing. Author Bui Trong Hien talked about the process of 9 years of exploration and research to produce a new book to the new perspective on the preservation and development of this traditional music.
According to music researcher Dang Hoanh Loan, besides the landmark discoveries, through the book, Bui Trong Hien told interesting and touching stories throughout the development process and tomorrow. One of the oldest Vietnamese music genre.
Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thi Thu Phuong, Director of the National Institute of Culture and Art of Vietnam highly appreciated the book of music researcher Bui Trong Hien. This is one of the first studies of the system, methodically related to the peach, from the core values of art as well as issues related to the technique of negative law …
Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thi Thu Phuong said that the book is a research project that later there are many researchers, practitioners of art or next generation will find there instructions to have to have. can preserve and promote the art of singing dao …/.