THE PAST HISTORY OF VIETNAMESE MUSIC. The music of Vietnam and
its history are too complex to be described briefly. True, to a
large extent, Vietnamese music was handed down from one
generation to another. I am spending my life studying music of
every corner of the country, and am fortunate, however, in
having some various written and oral sources on my research. It
is hoped that the present information will prove both
informative and entertaining to those who have been attracted to
Vietnamese music. The exact ethnological origin of the
Vietnamese music is not clearly known. In addition to the
Chinese, Korean, Mongolian and Southeast Asian’s influences
found in archeological remnants, there seems to be something
that can only be explained as indigenously Vietnamese. Along
with Chinese literature, architecture, government, and religion,
Vietnam had adopted Chinese music models and developed music of
her own. However, in the process of adaptation, the system was
likely reshaped by the Vietnamese people accordin