16: LEKRA and ensembles Tracing the Indonesian musical stage

Abstract

He was elected Secretary General of LEKRA at its first plenary session on 28 January 1959 in Solo, Central Java.Prior to 1959, Ajoeb had been a member of the Youth Review Board of the Department of Education and Culture, a member of the Radio Broadcast Advisory Board of the Department of Information of Indonesia, and a member of the Film Board of the Department of Information.To date I have been unable to find information about the exact periods of Joebaar Ajoeb's involvement with these institutions.Following the coup in 1965, Ajoeb was arrested and imprisoned without trial.8 'LEKRA didirikan ditahun 1950 dari kesadaran tentang hakekat Revolusi Agustus 1945 dan tentang hubungannja antara Revolusi itu dengan kebudajaan.Bahwa Revolusi itu besar sekali artinja bagi kebudajaan, dan bahwa sekaligus, sebaliknja, kebudajaan besar sekali artinja bagi Revolusi Agustus' (Harian Rakjat, 31-1-1959).9 Sabar Anantaguna (b.1929), one of the members of LEKRA's Central Secretariat (following the National Congress of 24-29 January 1959), explained the open character of LEKRA as an organization (interview 4-9-2009).Anantaguna, a former classmate of Njoto in their hometown of Jember, East Java, was arrested after the 1965 coup and imprisoned on Buru Island from 1970-1978.

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