The Season of Idul Fitri

The season of Idul Fitri is actually also a moment for party and festival. So it is also a moment for musical celebration. In this season, it is a smart idea to release an album with Idul Fitri as a subject. This was what have done by Elfa Singers with an album entitled Lebaran (Team record, 1990), Dwiki Dharmawan with an album Tembang Lebaran (Sony Music, 1999), and a group called Samba Sunda with an album Takbiran (Gema Nada Pertiwi, 2000).

Elfa Singer’s album is an other success of Lebaran song, as preceded by Oslan Hussein and Ismail Marzuki. Song Selamat Hari Lebaran by Elfa is truly as melodious as Oslan Husein’s and Ismail Marzuki’s version. But off course, Elfa’s song is sounded modern. Please play these abums in this season. Happy Idul Fitri, all dear moslems. *

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Lebaran, Oslan Husein and M. Jusuf

Detail information on musical album is important for history. Look at this album entitled Tahu Tempe by singer Oslan Husein which published by Irama record on 1960-ies. This album attached a note written by Sjahrul Nawas on it’s back cover. Sjahrul Nawas said that this album presented songs concerning about basic need of the Indonesian people in era 1960-ies.

This album responded toward speech of Presiden Soekarno who said that Indonesian people will never been hungry, because Indonesia is a rich country. So that this album presented songs entitled Tahu Tempe (a traditional food made of soya-bean), Nasi Djagung (rice made of corn), Sepiring Nasi (A Plate of Rice).

But what made this album special is a song entitled Lebaran, which became national anthem and sung every Idul Fitri season. Also finally, we know that the composer of this classic song is M. Jusuf, a leader of Orkes Widjaja Kusuma, a band for this album. Who has any information about M. Jusuf? Please share your information to us. *