Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Majulah Singapura
- Foreword
- Message
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Prologue
- Map of Sumatra
- 1 The Birth of an Anthem and Challenges to Overcome
- 2 Headlong into Adulthood
- 3 Mystical Singapore: City of Lights, Butter, Coffee and Milk
- 4 World War II: New Directions
- 5 Where the Sky Above I Hold, the Earth Beneath I Tread
- 6 190A Joo Chiat Place: A Sanctuary of Bliss and Blessed Woes
- 7 The Lull, Celebrations, Music, Respite, Then the …
- 8 The Storm Afterwards
- 9 The Birthday Bash and Final Curtain
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Accompanying Music CD
5 - Where the Sky Above I Hold, the Earth Beneath I Tread
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 October 2015
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Majulah Singapura
- Foreword
- Message
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Prologue
- Map of Sumatra
- 1 The Birth of an Anthem and Challenges to Overcome
- 2 Headlong into Adulthood
- 3 Mystical Singapore: City of Lights, Butter, Coffee and Milk
- 4 World War II: New Directions
- 5 Where the Sky Above I Hold, the Earth Beneath I Tread
- 6 190A Joo Chiat Place: A Sanctuary of Bliss and Blessed Woes
- 7 The Lull, Celebrations, Music, Respite, Then the …
- 8 The Storm Afterwards
- 9 The Birthday Bash and Final Curtain
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Accompanying Music CD
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Zubir Said, the Composer of Majulah Singapura , pp. 64 - 95Publisher: ISEAS–Yusof Ishak InstitutePrint publication year: 2012