Trần Văn Khê

Trần Văn Khê (24 July 1921 - 24 June 2015) was a Vietnamese musicologist, academic, writer, teacher and performer of traditional music. He was father of the musician ethnomusicologist Trần Quang Hải.[1] His La musique viêtnamienne traditionnelle (Paris, 1962) was for many years a standard text of Vietnamese musicology.[2]

Trần Văn Khê

He was director of research at CNRS and professor at the Sorbonne, and in 2008 named a Honorary Member of the International Music Council of UNESCO where he is coordinator of the project "The Universe of Music, A History".[3][4]

Filmography
  • A Town Like Alice (1956)
gollark: I have many greens in case I suddenly need to clear my scroll in the worst way possible.
gollark: *like more chance to kill everything*
gollark: *really earthquake needs imprüvement*
gollark: *I also dislike vampires*
gollark: *go earthquake*

References
  1. GS-TS Trần Văn Khê mừng thọ Phạm Duy
  2. "GS Trần Văn Khê qua đời" (in Vietnamese). Vietnam Net. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  3. Vietnam folk music in line for UNESCO credit | Vietnam Overview 25 Jan 2011
  4. 'Tran Van Khe Library' opens in HCMC — TalkVietnam 23 Aug 2012
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