Singapore National Anthem was created by the Indonesian people...?

Zubir Said

PARTICIPANTS OF TRAINING MEDIA CORP OF ORIGIN Indonesia stunned with an explanation Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Singapore, Zainul Abidin Rasheed. In the middle of the workshop participants to visit the Palace of Kampong Gelam Singapore, Monday, Zainul standing beside a statue of a man explaining the origins of the statue. According to Zainul, that statue Zubir Said, creator of the national anthem of Singapore from Indonesia (Minang).

Antara news agency, unfortunately, did not explain how the trainees are surprised to hear an explanation from Indonesia Zainul it except just quoted Zainul. According to Zainul, Zubir Said has contributed a significant or fundamental to Singapore which was inhabited from the multi-nation citizens. That's it.For some people, including trainees, information Zainul may indeed shocking news even though it has long been known by others. Two years ago, in the same event are also invited participants from Indonesia, Zainul actually also have to explain something similar. But the explanation was not too Zainul draw people's attention, apparently, to appear as the Antara news on May 12, 2008.

Zubir Who Said? Born in Bukit Tinggi on July 22, 1907, Zubir was the son of Mohamad Said bin Sanang. Zubir 7 years old when his mother died. His brother numbered eight; 3 boys and 5 girls. Since childhood, Zubir playing musical talent is already visible when he is known as very good at playing the flute, guitar and drums. No one taught Zubir natural talent but everything merupakakan.

Before you migrate to (island) in Singapore in 1928, Zubir been known to go to school in the Netherlands. Call her to make music, make it leave the Netherlands, although the choice was opposed by the father. In Singapore, she joined the Noble Group, a group of opera that the players come from the Malay nation. In the group Zubir not last long, because he then decided to work for record companies His Master's Voice in 1936. In that company, met with Tarminah Kario Zubir Wikromo, Javanese woman who is known as a singer who in 1938 dipinangnya keroncong as a wife.

Zubir actually had time to go home and settle back in Bukit Tinggi after marriage. He had just returned to Singapore in 1941 and continued to live there until his death in 1987. The second period of his life in Singapore, he could spend working on the Messenger newspaper Malay as a photographer and freelance writer. The goal only for him to have more opportunities to play music and write it in the newspaper.

Zubir musical career began to fancy when in 1957, for the first time staged his musical works to the public at the Victoria Theatre. The following year, the City Council of Singapore to set one Zubir composition as the official song of Singapore. The song titled Majulah Singapore later determined that was what later became the national anthem of Singapore as the country's independence on August 9, 1965.

Before Singapore's independence, Zubir already created a few songs for the soundtrack including a movie made by Cathay Keris. One of the songs that made Zubir for Dang Anom film even won the Asian Film Festival award-9 in Seoul, South Korea in 1962. Some of the composers and music analysts assess the work of Malay Zubir as the actual song because the music a lot to do with history and values, especially Malay Minang and evoke the spirit of nationalism in 1950.

Before jaundice menderanya until he died on November 16, 1987, Zubir known to have made a piece of music up to 1,500 titles. The songs were not published due entirely too serious Zubir teach young artists about the art of music rather than take care of recording the songs.  

Songs Zubir famous creation, among others, the Moon, darling dear, Love, Merry meet again, Fate of Malang, Children Daro, a sprig of Kembang Melati, and Kumang and Rama-Rama. Since 2003, the Singapore government renovated the Palace of Kampong Gelam. That heritage palace of Sultan Ali, son of Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor-Riau Sultanate, which was made at approximately 167 years ago.
Before inaugurated as a museum and opened to the public on June 4, 2005, the palace renovation swallow Sin $ 17 million. Zainul was the vice chairman of Malaysia's Heritage Foundation, among others, oversees the Palace of Kampong Gelam. The palace is situated in Singapore's Malay Heritage Park, among other sculptures on display Zubir Said.
Each year, Singapore invited journalists, including from Indonesia to visit the palace, but apparently the Indonesian journalists who went there this time, only this time it knows that the creators of the national anthem of Singapore is Singapore Majulah Zubir Said, an Indonesian Minang bleed. There has been no explanation, whether Zubir died as a citizen of Singapore, Indonesian nationals or permanent.