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About
Javanese singer who recorded in Singapore (1938–1941). She was a member of Miss Roekiah’s “Terang Bulan” Troupe which toured Malaya and Java in 1938.
“KARTINI – The charming singer of repute who won the Malayan Championship for 1938 which was held in the Happy World, Singapore on Aug 1, 1938.” [Sunday Gazette, 14 Aug. 1938, p.3]
She was still active in the early post-war period.
MISS KARTINI – The great favourite with all Singapore music lovers, whose melodious voice you heard recently with the Terang Bulan Kronchong Party at the New World. Records exclusively for ‘Chap Kuching.’ [Malaya Tribune, 27 July 1938, p.11]
Broadcast over Radio Malaya in 1947. [Singapore Free Press, 11 March 1947, p.2]
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Other Work (hasWork)
| Work Title | Work Type | Work Description |
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| Chap Kuching (1938) | Recording | – |
| Pathe (1940) | Recording | – |
| Columbia (1941) | Recording | – |
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Kartini was with Miss Roekiah’s “Terang Bulan” Troupe in 1938. Image provided by Ross Laird.
Sources
“Kartini – The Charming Singer of Repute.” Sunday Gazette, August 14, 1938, 3. Retrieved from NewspaperSG.
“Miss Kartini.” Malaya Tribune, July 27, 1938, 11. Retrieved from NewspaperSG.
“Your Radio Listening: Radio Malaya Singapore.” The Singapore Free Press, March 11, 1947, 2. Retrieved from NewspaperSG.
Contributor
2025. “Miss Kartini“. In Performing Archipelagos, edited by Kyueun Kim, Alvin Eng Hui Lim and Hedren Wai Yuan Sum. Singapore: National University of Singapore.
