| Description |
Hò mái nhì is a famous and typical act of Ca Huế combining a Hò worksong and one typical composition of Ca Huế. Hò mái nhì, with a trilling and smooth melody, is a worksong on rivers. Hò mái nhì is very popular in both rural and urban areas of the Thừa Thiên-Huế region. It is usually sung on the romantic Hương River. The poem, included in Hò mái nhì, was written by Ưng Bình Thúc Giạ Thị, a royal of the Nguyễn dynasty and a famous poet in Huế in the first half of the twentieth century. Nam Bình tune of Ca Huế is melodious with melancholy. The lyrics are well known because it is a famous poem called “Tình phân ly” (Separation), about the historic marriage between princess Huyền Trân of the Đại Việt country and King Chế Mân of the Chiêm Thành country in the fourteenth century. |
