YMB Sayar Tin (Burmese: ဝိုင်အမ်ဘီဆရာတင်, pronounced[waianbisʰəjàtɪ̀ɰ̃]; 11 February 1894 – 8 August 1950) was a Burmese composer. He was one of three well known pre-war composers with the name Sayar Tin. The others were Nandawshay Saya Tin [my] and Thahaya Sayar Tin [my]. He is best known for composing "Kaba Ma Kyei", the national anthem of Myanmar.
YMB Sayar Tin
YMB ဆရာတင်
Born
(1894-02-11)11 February 1894 Sunday, 7th waxing of Tabodwe 1255 ME
Tin was born in Mandalay on 11 February 1894 (7th waxing of Tabodwe 1255 ME) to Daw Thein and her husband U Yan Aung, a former official in the service of the last Burmese king Thibaw.[1] He had one elder sister and one younger sister.
After finishing high school at age 17, Tin worked as a school teacher in a private school for the next three years. In his leisure time Tin took up playing his concertina, exploring its sounds, and studying traditional Burmese music.
Musical careeredit
In 1918, Tin founded his own private school, the "Young Men's Buddhist School" in Mandalay, and came to be known as YMB Sayar Tin. (Sayar in Burmese means "teacher"). His school's musical troupe performed free of charge at charity events and weddings.
In 1930, Tin closed down his school and moved to Yangon where his songs had been recorded, and used in films. Tin met up with an old classmate Tha Khin Ba Thaung, and joined his political movement, Dobama Asiayone (We Burmese Association).
"Gabar Ma Kyay"edit
Tin composed Do Bama Song (တို့ဗမာသီချင်း), in 1930, with Ba Thaung supplying the patriotic lyrics. Tin himself gave the first ceremonial rendition of the song on the flat ground of Shwedagon Pagoda at 5:00 pm on 20 July 1930. After the ceremony, Tin was imprisoned by British officers, who accused him of inciting insurgents. He was later released in 1946. In 1942, Do Bama Song was adopted as the national anthem of the State of Burma. In 1947, it was used as a template for the National Anthem of the Union of Burma, for which Tin was awarded Rs.1,000/-. The Burmese government awarded him the title Wunna Kyawhtin (the beautiful-famous) on the Independence Day, 4 January 1948.
Deathedit
Tin died of tuberculosis on 8 August 1950 and was buried in Yangon. Tin had composed over 4,000 songs.[1]
saya, sayar, burmese, အမ, ဆရ, တင, pronounced, sʰəjà, february, 1894, august, 1950, burmese, composer, three, well, known, composers, with, name, sayar, others, were, nandawshay, saya, thahaya, sayar, best, known, composing, kaba, kyei, national, anthem, myanma. YMB Sayar Tin Burmese ဝ င အမ ဘ ဆရ တင pronounced wai an bi sʰeja tɪ ɰ 11 February 1894 8 August 1950 was a Burmese composer He was one of three well known pre war composers with the name Sayar Tin The others were Nandawshay Saya Tin my and Thahaya Sayar Tin my He is best known for composing Kaba Ma Kyei the national anthem of Myanmar YMB Sayar TinYMB ဆရ တင Born 1894 02 11 11 February 1894 Sunday 7th waxing of Tabodwe 1255 MEOriginMandalayDied8 August 1950 1950 08 08 aged 56 Tuesday 10th waning of 2nd Waso 1312 MEGenresTraditional Burmese musicOccupation s Musician composer teacherYears active1918 50 Contents 1 Early life 2 Musical career 3 Gabar Ma Kyay 4 Death 5 ReferencesEarly life editTin was born in Mandalay on 11 February 1894 7th waxing of Tabodwe 1255 ME to Daw Thein and her husband U Yan Aung a former official in the service of the last Burmese king Thibaw 1 He had one elder sister and one younger sister After finishing high school at age 17 Tin worked as a school teacher in a private school for the next three years In his leisure time Tin took up playing his concertina exploring its sounds and studying traditional Burmese music Musical career editIn 1918 Tin founded his own private school the Young Men s Buddhist School in Mandalay and came to be known as YMB Sayar Tin Sayar in Burmese means teacher His school s musical troupe performed free of charge at charity events and weddings In 1930 Tin closed down his school and moved to Yangon where his songs had been recorded and used in films Tin met up with an old classmate Tha Khin Ba Thaung and joined his political movement Dobama Asiayone We Burmese Association Gabar Ma Kyay editTin composed Do Bama Song တ ဗမ သ ခ င in 1930 with Ba Thaung supplying the patriotic lyrics Tin himself gave the first ceremonial rendition of the song on the flat ground of Shwedagon Pagoda at 5 00 pm on 20 July 1930 After the ceremony Tin was imprisoned by British officers who accused him of inciting insurgents He was later released in 1946 In 1942 Do Bama Song was adopted as the national anthem of the State of Burma In 1947 it was used as a template for the National Anthem of the Union of Burma for which Tin was awarded Rs 1 000 The Burmese government awarded him the title Wunna Kyawhtin the beautiful famous on the Independence Day 4 January 1948 Death editTin died of tuberculosis on 8 August 1950 and was buried in Yangon Tin had composed over 4 000 songs 1 References editNotes a b MSK 1964 74 Sources Myat Soe ed 1964 Myanma Swezon Kyan in Burmese Vol 5 1 ed Yangon Sarpay Beikman Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title YMB Saya Tin amp oldid 1214396483, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
