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Swiss music box features Vietnam’s national anthem

“The Marching Song”, the national anthem of Vietnam composed by musician Van Cao, is featured on a music box by Reuge, a leading global manufacturer of traditional musical devices based in Switzerland.
Swiss music box features Vietnam’s national anthem ảnh 1Named “Reuge Vietnam Nation Anthem”, the Swiss traditional mechanical music box is being made as Vietnam celebrates the 75th anniversary of its National Day (1945-2020). (Photo: Reuge)

Hanoi (VNA) – “The Marching Song”, thenational anthem of Vietnam composed by musician Van Cao, is featured on a musicbox by Reuge, a leading global manufacturer of traditional musical devicesbased in Switzerland.

Named “Reuge Vietnam Nation Anthem”, the traditionalmechanical music box is being made as Vietnam celebrates the 75th anniversaryof its National Day (1945-2020).

Vietnam is one of a few countries whose nationalanthems are featured on Reuge musical boxes.

A representative from Reuge said that the music isinitially designed with 32 notes of ‘The Marching Song’, but the manufacturerdecided to increase this to 72 notes in order to fully deliver the song’sspirit.

It took the Swiss artisans up to eight months oftesting and calibration on the music box for it to produce the best possiblesound. All manufacturing steps were done manually.

The “Reuge Vietnam Nation Anthem” music box is worthup to 80 million VND (3,465 USD). Although it is not a limited edition, it isonly made upon request and only 20 to 30 music boxes of this kind are producedby Reuge every year./.
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