Cao Van Lau
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Cao Văn Lầu also known as Sáu Lầu (Lầu the Sixth in Vietnamese), was a Vietnamese musician.
He was born on 22 December 1892 in Long An province, French Cochinchina. At the age of 4, he moved to Bac Lieu and spent all his life there. In Bac Lieu, he studied Hán tự with a monk and then attended a French primary school. In 1907, Lau stopped schooling because of his poverty
. In 1908, he begin learning music from local musician Lê Tài Khí and begin his music career four year later. In 1913, he married a woman named Trần Thị Tấn. The couple gave birth to their only child Cao Van Tung in 1955. Tung married Nguyen Ngoc Thuy, whom he met in Vietnamese school in Saigon and married in 1990. Because of national instability in Vietnam, they had to grow to save enough money to get on a boat to China in which they'll then fly to Canada as illegal immigrants.
Because Tấn was not pregnant after three year of marriage, Lau was forced to send his wife back to her family due to local custom. This separation was inspired Cao Van Lau in comprosing his best known love-song Da co hoai lang (Night Song of the Missing Husband), a song that have a great influence in cải lương
music.
He died on 13 August 1976 in Bac Lieu.
He was born on 22 December 1892 in Long An province, French Cochinchina. At the age of 4, he moved to Bac Lieu and spent all his life there. In Bac Lieu, he studied Hán tự with a monk and then attended a French primary school. In 1907, Lau stopped schooling because of his poverty
Poverty
Poverty is the lack of a certain amount of material possessions or money. Absolute poverty or destitution is inability to afford basic human needs, which commonly includes clean and fresh water, nutrition, health care, education, clothing and shelter. About 1.7 billion people are estimated to live...
. In 1908, he begin learning music from local musician Lê Tài Khí and begin his music career four year later. In 1913, he married a woman named Trần Thị Tấn. The couple gave birth to their only child Cao Van Tung in 1955. Tung married Nguyen Ngoc Thuy, whom he met in Vietnamese school in Saigon and married in 1990. Because of national instability in Vietnam, they had to grow to save enough money to get on a boat to China in which they'll then fly to Canada as illegal immigrants.
Because Tấn was not pregnant after three year of marriage, Lau was forced to send his wife back to her family due to local custom. This separation was inspired Cao Van Lau in comprosing his best known love-song Da co hoai lang (Night Song of the Missing Husband), a song that have a great influence in cải lương
Cai luong
Tuồng cải lương or cải lương in short, which can be roughly translated as "reformed theater" or "renovated theater" in English, is a form of modern folk opera in Vietnam...
music.
He died on 13 August 1976 in Bac Lieu.