The Wind Band Ensemble in Singapore

REFERENCES

[1] Thursday December 3rd 1829. Unfortunately, I have not been able to determine what its relative cost is in terms of living standards and daily expenses.

[2] Brown. Indiscreet Memories p. xiii, in Phan, Ming Yen, Music in Empire, Western Music in 19th century Singapore through a study of selected texts, unpublished MA dissertation, Nanyang Technological University, National Institute of Education, 2004, pp.66-68.

[3] Ibid., p. 415, in Phan, op.cit., pp.66-68.

[4] Buckley,  Charles Burton, An Anecdotal History of Singapore, pp.496-497. This corroborates the entry in St. Andrew’s Cathedral of the 21st Regt. M.N.I who were in Singapore fro 1846-1849.

[5] The Singapore Free press Thursday 3rd September 1857.

[6] The Singapore Free Press, 27 September 1846.

[7] Payne, Withers, C.H., The Malayan Digest, The Malayan Law Journal Office, Singapore, S.S, 1936, p.165.

[8] Concert Pitch, 14 February 1896 Singapore Free Press.

[9] “Popular Orchestral Concert.” SFP, 5 April 1899.

[10] “The Children’s Concerts” SFP, 6 December 1898.

[11] The Cathedral Monthly Paper, Vol. XV, no.171, p.3, March 1928, St. Andrew’s Cathedral records.

[12] Singh, Surjan (compiler and editor), They died for all free men. Supported by the National Heritage Board, Published by the Sikh Missionary Society Malaya, p.16.

[13] Alec Dixon, Entertainment Only.

[14] Police Band Programme, Syonan Times, Friday, June 17 1942.

[15] Article in Radio TV Malaya Weekly, November 1958.

[16] Tan Leng Kwang, Background to the Band Programme in Singapore Schools, Bands 76 programme leaflet, M.C. (P) No.1325/76, Printed by Tai Thong Press Singapore.

[17] Ibid.

[18] Ibid.

[19] Ibid.

[20] MOE Finance Circular for the Funding Policy for Schools (wef 1 April 2005)

[21] Shope, Bradley 2004. “Anglo-Indian Identity, Knowledge and Power, Western Ballroom Music in Lucknow”, The Drama Review vol. 48:4 (T184), Winter 2004, pp.167-182, p.175.

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