Vọng cổ (literally "longing for the past") is a Vietnamese song and musical structure used primarily in the cai loung theater music and chamber music of southern Vietnam. It was composed sometime between 1917 and 1919 by a Mr. Cao Van Lau (also called Sáu Lầu or Sáu Làu), of Bac Lieu , a province in Southern Vietnam . The song achieved great popularity and eventually its structure became the basis for numerous other songs. The tune is essentially melancholy in character and is sung using Vietnamese modal inflections.
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