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'''Sinfoni Melayu''' (or Sinfoni Malaya) is mentioned in Contemporary composers<ref>Contemporary composers / editors: Brian Morton ; Pamela Collins. - Chicago; 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 & Music''<ref>Burgess, Anthony (1982), This Man And Music, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-008964-7</ref> Burgess himself writes:
'''Sinfoni Melayu''' (or Sinfoni Malaya) is mentioned in ''Contemporary composers''<ref>Contemporary composers / editors: Brian Morton ; Pamela Collins. - Chicago; 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 & Music''<ref>Burgess, Anthony (1982), This Man And Music, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-008964-7</ref> Burgess himself writes:


: 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
: 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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Sinfoni Melayu (or Sinfoni Malaya) is mentioned in 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 & Music[2] Burgess himself writes:

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 of 1999 Paul Phillips calls "Sinfoni Malaya for orchestra and brass band” Burgess' second symphony (after Symphony No. 1 of 1935).[4]

The musical score not having been delivered to posterity[5] the only source that there ever was such a symphony seems to be Burgess’ own testimony.

References

  1. ^ Contemporary composers / editors: Brian Morton ; Pamela Collins. - Chicago; London: St. James Press, 1992 - ISBN 1-55862-085-0
  2. ^ Burgess, Anthony (1982), This Man And Music, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-008964-7
  3. ^ quoted in Crinson, Mark (2003). Modern Architecture and the End of Empire. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 228. ISBN 0754635104. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help) page 161
  4. ^ http://bu.univ-angers.fr/EXTRANET/AnthonyBURGESS/NL1/NL1Music.html
  5. ^ http://www.anthonyburgess.org/anthony-burgess-his-life-work/music/1954-59.htm