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National anthem composer Zubir Said was actually commissioned by the City Council in 1958 to write a song for the reopening of the renovated Victoria Theatre.

In 1959, when the agreement on self-government was reached, the then Deputy Prime Minister, Toh Chin Chye, thought the song would be a good anthem.

But when it had to be shortened to serve that purpose, Zubir almost had his masterpiece taken from him.

“He hadn’t submitted his version yet. He found out … that... See More

National anthem composer Zubir Said was actually commissioned by the City Council in 1958 to write a song for the reopening of the renovated Victoria Theatre.

In 1959, when the agreement on self-government was reached, the then Deputy Prime Minister, Toh Chin Chye, thought the song would be a good anthem.

But when it had to be shortened to serve that purpose, Zubir almost had his masterpiece taken from him.

“He hadn’t submitted his version yet. He found out … that someone else had done the shortening without his authority. And it wasn’t a good job,” relates emeritus professor of physics and former SSO board director Bernard Tan.

“He wrote … a very angry letter to (Minister for Culture) S Rajaratnam. And the day that he wrote the letter was the day that the bill for the national anthem was going to the Legislative Assembly. The bill was withdrawn.”

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60 years ago today, our National Anthem was unveiled for the first time to Singaporeans. To mark this anniversary, the SSO and our choirs, the Singapore Symphony Chorus, Singapore Symphony Youth Choir and Singapore Symphony Children's Choir, led by SSO Associate Conductor Joshua Kangming Tan, re-recorded the official version of Zubir Said's "Majulah Singapura" (arranged by Phoon Yew Tien in 2001) earlier this year in Aug 2019.

This recording is officially released today, which you can... See More

60 years ago today, our National Anthem was unveiled for the first time to Singaporeans. To mark this anniversary, the SSO and our choirs, the Singapore Symphony Chorus, Singapore Symphony Youth Choir and Singapore Symphony Children's Choir, led by SSO Associate Conductor Joshua Kangming Tan, re-recorded the official version of Zubir Said's "Majulah Singapura" (arranged by Phoon Yew Tien in 2001) earlier this year in Aug 2019.

This recording is officially released today, which you can hear and download at the following link.

#sso #sg #singapore #NationalAnthem #album #MajulahSingapura #ssc #sscc #ssyc #ZubirSaid

A light projection artwork at the Singapore Bicentennial edition of Light to Night Festival hopes to demystify national anthem composer Mr Zubir Said by showing his life story as a boy from Indonesia to the well-known musician behind many important musical works.

Singaporean composer Julian Wong wasted no time in agreeing to take part in the bicentennial edition of the annual Light to Night Festival which was officially launched on Monday (Jan 28 2019). Themed Traces and Echoes, this... See More

A light projection artwork at the Singapore Bicentennial edition of Light to Night Festival hopes to demystify national anthem composer Mr Zubir Said by showing his life story as a boy from Indonesia to the well-known musician behind many important musical works.

Singaporean composer Julian Wong wasted no time in agreeing to take part in the bicentennial edition of the annual Light to Night Festival which was officially launched on Monday (Jan 28 2019). Themed Traces and Echoes, this year’s edition is meant to rediscover Singapore’s collective memories.

He hopes to jog everyone’s collective memory of the man who composed Singapore’s national anthem, Mr Zubir Said.

#ZubirSaid #JulianWong #LightToNightFestival #LightToNightFestival2019