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==History==

Lief Java was established in 1918 by Soewardi as the Rukun Anggawe Santoso Orchestra before changing its name to Lief Java in 1923. The orchestra used a variety of instruments, including [[cello]]scellos, [[flute]]sflutes, [[guitar]]sguitars, and [[violins]]. Most of the artists were amateurs, with little previous experience. The orchestra practiced in Kampung Kepuh, Kemayoran, Batavia (now [[Jakarta]]), in the home of musician S. Abdullah, and played a variety of songs, both originals and arrangements or adaptations.{{sfn|JCG, Lief Java}} The company had two musical divisions, ''[[keroncong]]'' and jazz.{{sfn|Yampolsky|2013|p=206}}

Sometime after 1925, after Dutch entrepreneurs established [[NIROM]], Lief Java began playing music over the radio as part of the station's Eastern Programme.{{sfn|Esha|Alhaziri|Fauzi|Donald W.|2005|p=20}} This helped the orchestra to grow in popularity and reach new audiences outside of Batavia. Ultimately, however, the orchestra left NIROM owing to concerns over the use of their intellectual property; NIROM appropriated a song they had composed for use in opening all of their broadcasts. Thus, sometime after 1937 the orchestra quit NIROM{{sfn|Esha|Alhaziri|Fauzi|Donald W.|2005|p=21}} and joined the rival station VORO (Vereeniging voor Oostersche Radio Omroep), playing live every Saturday.{{sfn|Esha|Alhaziri|Fauzi|Donald W.|2005|p=28}} By the mid 1930s Hugo Dumas was the orchestra's leader.{{sfn|Esha|Alhaziri|Fauzi|Donald W.|2005|p=13}}

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In 1938 Lief Java completed its first [[film score]], working for [[Tan's Film]] on its production ''[[Fatima (1938 film)|Fatima]]''.{{sfn|Filmindonesia.or.id, Fatima}} As Roekiah was the main star of Tan's, the orchestra was retained to score the company's later releases. This included ''[[Gagak Item]]'' (1939){{sfn|Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad 1939, Gagak Item}} and ''[[Siti Akbari]]'' (1940).{{sfn|Filmindonesia.or.id, Siti Akbari}} Some of the orchestra's singers, such as Kartolo and Landouw, joined the company as actors.{{sfn|Imong 1941, Riwajat Roekiah–Kartolo|p=26}}{{sfn|Filmindonesia.or.id, Annie Landouw}} The orchestra also toured; one trip, to Borneo in 1939, is known to have been a commercial success.{{sfn|Esha|Alhaziri|Fauzi|Donald W.|2005|p=35}}

During the [[Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies]], the troupe abandoned changed their name from the Dutch Lief Java to the Japanese Kireina Djawa. During this period the orchestra performed live on several occasions, and their songs became increasingly pro-East Asian.{{sfn|Esha|Alhaziri|Fauzi|Donald W.|2005|p=59}} The orchestra was still in existence in 1949.{{sfn|Esha|Alhaziri|Fauzi|Donald W.|2005|p=14}}

==Legacy==

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[[Category:Indonesian orchestras]]

[[Category:Disbanded orchestras]]

[[Category:Arts organizations established in 1918]]

[[Category:1918 establishments in the Dutch East Indies]]