Đinh Nhu (

Hải Phòng Haiphong or Hai Phong (, ) is the third-largest city in Vietnam and is the principal port city of the Red River Delta. The municipality has an area of , consisting of 8 List of urban districts of Vietnam, urban districts, 6 Huyện, rural distri ...

, 1910 –

Yên Bái Yên Bái () is a city in Vietnam. It is the capital of Yên Bái Province, in the north-east region of Vietnam. The city borders Yên Bình District and Trấn Yên District. The city is a settlement along the banks of the Red River, approxi ...

, 17 March 1945) was a Vietnamese songwriter and independence activist against the French. He was one of the earliest composers of what is today known as

Nhạc đỏ or literally Red Music is the common name of the revolutionary music () genre in Vietnam. Red Music was formed during the communist Việt Minh and the First Indochina War and later strongly promoted across communist North Vietnam during the Viet ...

, "Red Music," or Vietnamese revolutionary music. After participating in the Nghệ Tĩnh uprising in 1930 Nhu was imprisoned, but while in prison organized cultural events such as plays and choirs.Asian music: journal of the Society for Asian Music – Volume 35 Page 75 Society for Asian Music 2004 "Dinh Nhu (1910–1945) assumes an important position in the hagiography of Vietnamese revolutionary music. Captured by the French after participating in the Nghệ Tĩnh Soviet uprising in 1930, he organized cultural events in prison including plays and singing."

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dinh, Nhu Vietnamese composers Vietnamese songwriters 1910 births 1945 deaths People from Haiphong 20th-century composers