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'''''Sinfoni Melayu''''' is a symphony composed in [[1956]] by [[Anthony Burgess]]. It draws on many of the musical styles he encountered while he was living and working in [[Malaya]]. Burgess described it as an attempt to "combine the musical elements of the country into a synthetic language which called on native drums and [[xylophones]]". |
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'''''Sinfoni Melayu''''' (or ''Sinfoni Malaya'') is mentioned in the reference work ''Contemporary Composers''<ref>''Contemporary Composers'', ed. Brian Morton and Pamela Collins, Chicago and London: St. James Press, 1992 - {{ISBN|1-55862-085-0}}</ref> as a symphony composed by [[Anthony Burgess]] in 1956, when he was a teacher at [[Malay College Kuala Kangsar]]. In his book ''This Man and Music''<ref>Anthony Burgess, ''This Man And Music'', New York: McGraw-Hill, 1982 - {{ISBN|0-07-008964-7}}</ref> Burgess himself wrote: |
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: ''Sinfoni Melayu'', a three-movement symphony which tried to combine the musical elements of the country into a synthetic language which called on native drums and xylophones as well as instruments of the full Western orchestra. The last movement ended with a noble professional theme, rather [[Elgar]]ian, representing independence. Then, over a drum roll and before the final chord in C major, the audience was to rise and shout "[[Merdeka]]!"<ref>quoted in {{cite book |
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In his ''Anthony Burgess Newsletter'' in 1999 [[Paul Phillips (conductor)|Paul Phillips]] called "''Sinfoni Malaya'' for orchestra and brass band” Burgess's second symphony, following Symphony No. 1, composed in 1935).<ref>{{cite web|first=Paul|last=Phillips|title=The Music of Anthony Burgess|url=http://bu.univ-angers.fr/EXTRANET/AnthonyBURGESS/NL1/NL1Music.html|work=Anthony Burgess Newsletter|publisher=The Anthony Burgess Centre, [[University of Angers]]|accessdate=8 June 2011|date=1999}}</ref> |
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The score of the symphony appears to have been lost, <ref>[http://www.anthonyburgess.org/anthony-burgess-his-life-work/music/1954-59.htm Music 1954-59], International Anthony Burgess Foundation |
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{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412072526/http://www.anthonyburgess.org/anthony-burgess-his-life-work/music/1954-59.htm |date=April 12, 2010 }}</ref> and there is no evidence that it was ever performed, so the only source for its existence is Burgess’s own testimony. |
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Latest revision as of 12:22, 22 April 2024
Sinfoni Melayu (or Sinfoni Malaya) is mentioned in the reference work Contemporary Composers[1] as a symphony composed by Anthony Burgess in 1956, when he was a teacher at Malay College Kuala Kangsar. In his book This Man and Music[2] Burgess himself wrote:
- Sinfoni Melayu, a three-movement symphony which tried to combine the musical elements of the country into a synthetic language which called on native drums and xylophones as well as instruments of the full Western orchestra. The last movement ended with a noble professional theme, rather Elgarian, representing independence. Then, over a drum roll and before the final chord in C major, the audience was to rise and shout "Merdeka!"[3]
In his Anthony Burgess Newsletter in 1999 Paul Phillips called "Sinfoni Malaya for orchestra and brass band” Burgess's second symphony, following Symphony No. 1, composed in 1935).[4]
The score of the symphony appears to have been lost, [5] and there is no evidence that it was ever performed, so the only source for its existence is Burgess’s own testimony.
References
[edit]- ^ Contemporary Composers, ed. Brian Morton and Pamela Collins, Chicago and London: St. James Press, 1992 - ISBN 1-55862-085-0
- ^ Anthony Burgess, This Man And Music, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1982 - ISBN 0-07-008964-7
- ^ quoted in Crinson, Mark (2003). Modern Architecture and the End of Empire. Ashgate Publishing. p. 228. ISBN 0-7546-3510-4. page 161
- ^ Phillips, Paul (1999). "The Music of Anthony Burgess". Anthony Burgess Newsletter. The Anthony Burgess Centre, University of Angers. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
- ^ Music 1954-59, International Anthony Burgess Foundation Archived April 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
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