Phạm Thị Trân Explained

Phạm Thị Trân (926 - 976),^[1] was a Vietnamese artist, dancer, opera singer and Mandarin during the Dinh Dynasty period.^{[2] [3]}

Originally from Hong Chau in what is now the Hai Hung province, she was eventually invited to the royal court of the king, Dinh Tien.^[4] On the king's orders, she taught the arts to soldiers.^[5]

She was a pioneer artist as an opera singer, and is referred to as the first professional theatre artist in Vietnam. Amongst her innovations, she is credited as the creator of cheo, which was a genre of popular theatre.^{[6] [7]} She is also counted as the first woman to have been made a Mandarin in Vietnam.

Notes and References

1. Book: Vượng . Trần Quốc . Nghìn Xưa Văn Hiến: Trọn bộ 03 Tập . Chi . Nguyễn Từ . Lũy . Nguyễn Cao . Thản . Nguyễn . Đản . Nguyễn Trần . StreetLib . NXB Kim Đồng . vi.
2. http://baobinhphuoc.com.vn/Content/vi-to-hat-cheo-264215 Vị tổ hát chèo
3. Book: Miller . Terry E. . The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: Volume 4: Southeast Asia . Williams . Sean . 2017-09-25 . Routledge . 978-1-351-54420-7 . en.
4. Book: Tu . Mai Thi . Women in Viet Nam . Lê . Thị Nhâm Tuyết . 1978 . Foreign Languages Publishing House . en.
5. Book: Phạm, Đình Nhân . Danh tướng Phạm Tu và họ Phạm trong lịch sử . 1999 . Văn hóa Thông tin . vi.
6. Stock . Cheryl F. . December 1998 . Questions of gender and power in professional dance in Vietnam: A Western choreographer's perspective . Brolga . en . 9 . 7–21.
7. Nguyen . Phong . 1986 . Review of Einführung in die Musik Vietnams (Introduction to Vietnamese Music) . Asian Music . 18 . 1 . 197–200 . 10.2307/834164 . 834164 . 0044-9202.