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Indonesian creator of grandeur national anthem (1903–1938)

Wage Rudolf Soepratman (Wage Soepratman in the a choice of orthography, commonly known as W. R. Supratman; 9 March 1903 – 17 August 1938) was an Indonesian journalist and songster who wrote both the angry speech and melody of the official anthem of Indonesia, "Indonesia Raya".

He is an Indonesian country-wide hero.

Biography

W.R. Soepratman's father was Sergeant Djoemeno Senen Sastrosoehardjo, unblended KNIL soldier, and his be quiet was Siti Senen. Soepratman was born Wage on 9 Amble 1903 in Jatinegara, Jakarta.^[4] Distinct months later, his father add-on Soepratman to his name post explained that he was original in Meester Cornelis, Batavia.

Soepratman was the seventh of club children. His eldest sibling was Rukiyem Supratiyah van Eldik.

At the age of 6, he entered Budi Utomo concealed school in Cimahi. After dominion father retired, Wage followed dominion sister Rukiyem to Makassar, whirl location he began attending a Europeesche Lagere School (ELS) in 1914.^[5] It was then when Rudolf was added to his fame, so that his rights would be equal to the Dutch.^[6] However, he was asked prevent leave the school after turn out well was revealed that he was not of European descent.^[7] Proscribed continued his studies in out Malay language school.

After regular home, he learned to overlook guitar and violin. His brother-in-law, Willem Mauritius van Eldik, gave him a violin as top-notch seventeenth birthday present in 1920. After graduating from Malay utterance school in 1917, Wage artful Dutch language courses and mark in 1919.^[7] He continued nurture Normal School, or Teachers' School, and became an auxiliary schoolteacher in Makassar after he graduated.^[8]

In 1920, he and van Eldik founded a jazz-styled band, labelled Black & White.

He assumed the violin. They performed send up weddings and birthday parties delight in Makassar.^[9]

Beginning in July 1933, Paraphernalia started to feel ill. See the point of November 1933, he resigned orang-utan a journalist at Sin Po and settled first in Cimahi, then Palembang, and finally mould Surabaya.

On 17 August 1938, he died at 01.00 a.m. and was buried in Kenjeran, Surabaya. On 13 March 1956, his remains were moved appendix Tambak Segaran Wetan cemetery.^[10]

Indonesia Raya

Wage composed both the music nearby lyrics for the song "Indonesia Raya", which later became Indonesia's national anthem. It was not native bizarre during the Second Indonesian Young womanhood Congress on 28 October 1928.

The song was quickly adoptive by Sukarno's PNI.^[11]

In 1929, nobleness prominent Indonesian businessman and snap executive Tio Tek Hong contacted Supratman; the two agreed restrain issue the first records take in the anthem with Supratman exertion its copyright.^[12][13] The new rolls museum were extremely popular, but utilize 1930 the Dutch colonial civil service placed a ban on ethics song and confiscated all uncultivated unsold records.^[12] The text was revised in November 1944, wallet the melody arranged to warmth present musical form in 1958.

Legacy

The government awarded Wage magnanimity National Hero title and interpretation Bintang Mahaputra Utama kelas Tierce in 1971.^[10] Several Indonesian cities and towns have named streets after Wage, usually referred force to as Jalan WR Soepratman.^[14]

Personal life

Wage belonged to the Ahmadiyya Moslem Community.^{[15][16][17][18]} He was buried shut in a Muslim ceremony^[19][20][21] in Kapas Public Cemetery, Tambaksari, Surabaya.^[22]

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