Luu Huu Phuoc (1921-1989) is one of the great composers in Viet Nam. He was born in Hau Giang, can Tho. He was famous for composing many lively patriotic wartime songs, children songs and occasional opera, which express the country’s fight against French and America. Some of his famous works are Bach Dang Giang, Tieng Goi Thanh nien, Giai phong mien Nam,… Luu Huu Phuoc was the member of National Assembly, Chairman of the committee of Culture and Education. After his death in 1989, he was awarded Ho Chi Minh prize. To sum up, Luu Huu Phuoc was one of the most prominent cultural figures during national liberations movements. On June 26, 1989, he passed away in Ho Chi Minh city.

Luu Huu Phuoc (1921-1989) was a great musician, author of epic and liberation songs; His works are always associated with important historical events of the nation.

Luu Huu Phuoc also has other pseudonyms: Huynh Minh Sieng, Long Hung, Anh Luu, and Hong Chi. He was born on September 12, 1921 in O Mon district, Can Tho province (now in Can Tho city). When he was young, his father taught him to play the pliers, later he played the mandoline and guitar and taught himself music theory.

Around the end of the 1930s, he went to Saigon to study at Petrus Ky School. During this time, he befriended Huynh Van Tieng, Mai Van Bo, formed the trio Huynh - Mai - Luu, established the Student Club at Petrus Ky High School... as the focal point. gathering of patriotic students and students. Also during this time, he composed the song La Marche des Étudiants at the end of 1939, and together with Mai Van Bo put the French lyrics to make the official song of the Club.

After passing the baccalaureate, Luu Huu Phuoc went to Hanoi to study at the School of Medicine and Pharmacy, under the Institute of Indochina University (1940-1944). During this time, due to the influence of the Popular Front movement, the political struggle movement of Indochina students was very strong. Luu Huu Phuoc quickly became one of the leaders of the movement, and had the opportunity to interact with several members of the Viet Minh. During the organization of student resource activities, Luu Huu Phuoc composed many famous songs, such as: "Non river brocade", Bach Dang Giang, Ai Chi Lang, Hat Giang Truong Hat (later later). Renamed the martyrs' soul), Hanh river Gianh, The old man and the Dien Hong Conference, are considered the culmination of the genre of songs on the topic of Vietnamese history, in order to forge the national spirit of the youth. Vietnamese years. According to Trinh Kim Vinh, the opening song for the series of patriotic songs is the song "Non river brocade", which he composed at the age of 16, not the song "Bach Dang Giang" as many people think.

On the occasion of the pilgrimage to Hung Temple on the occasion of the Hung King's death anniversary in 1942, in order to awaken students to give up their dream of studying well and pass high to become a mandarin for the French colonialists. ready to step up to "answer the mountains and rivers" when the country needed it, he changed the Vietnamese lyrics of La Marche des Étudiants into the song Call of Students, performed at the foot of Nghia Linh Mountain by a choir of dozens of people. to act. Not long after, the song became popular from North to South with the name Call of Youth.

In addition, on March 21, 1943, his musical Tuc Luong was performed at the Hanoi Opera House. The name Luu Huu Phuoc became famous among Vietnamese youth at that time.

In 1944, Luu Huu Phuoc was assigned by the Viet Minh Front to go to the South to participate in the revolutionary movement along with the outbreak of the movement of a large number of students in the three regions of the South, Central and North, who asked each other to drop out of school to directly participate. revolutionary activities. The group Luu Huu Phuoc, Huynh Van Tieng, Mai Van Bo and Dang Ngoc Tot in one night focused on composing three songs: Fold the pen, Return to the South, and Sow the light to promptly support this movement. called the pen slant movement, flourished until the August Revolution in 1945, along with the birth of his song "Triumph".

Luu Huu Phuoc is considered one of the leading musicians of the Vietnamese musician world, representing the Southern music sect at the beginning of the new music scene. He is a big name in Vietnam's revolutionary music, a Vietnamese cultural celebrity; was one of the first people to use very successfully the marching genre - a genre from Western music - to awaken and motivate young people to join the national liberation struggle movement; The urge, encouragement, and summons are always prominent in the work. He has become the author of excellent recitals, of great ideological stature, of very high artistic value and of historical value.