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Angklung musical instrument, The History of Java by Thomas Stamford Raffles (1817). Angklung sarinande is a term for angklung padaeng that only uses round tones (without chromatic tones) with a basic tone of C.
To the memory of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, L.L.D. F.R.S. Lieut. Governor of Java and first President of the Zoological Society of London. Born 1781 Died 1826. Selected at an early age to conduct the government of the British conquests in the Indian ocean, by wisdom, vigour, and philanthropy, he raised Java to happiness and prosperity unknown ...
Saron (c. 1800-1850) brought back from Indonesia or Java to England by Stamford Raffles. The earliest known appearance of a single-octave saron is in a relief at Borobudur , from the 9th century. It was formerly supposed that the saron derived from the decomposition of the gambang gangsa , after it fell out of use.
Following the sinking of the Fame, at least two busts of Stamford Raffles were commissioned through a plaster copy that Francis Leggatt Chantrey had kept. One of those commissions was for a marble bust of Raffles created by sculptor E. Roscoe Mullins for the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) presented by Reverend William Charles Flint with a commemorative plaque in 1877.
Portrait of Stamford Raffles by George Francis Joseph, 1817.Raffles sat for the painting while in London to oversee publication of the book. The first edition was limited to 900 copies and contained 64 etched or aquatint plates, of which 10 were hand-coloured aquatints by William Daniell depicting Javanese life and costume.
Raffles, Sophia (1830). Memoir of the Life and Public Services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, F.R.S. &c: Particularly in the Government of Java, 1811–1816, and of Bencoolen and Its Dependencies, 1817–1824; with Details of the Commerce and Resources of the Eastern Archipelago, and Selections from His Correspondence .
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It was discovered in the Indonesian rain forest by an Indonesian guide working for Dr. Joseph Arnold in 1818, and named after Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, the leader of the expedition. It contains 15-19 species all found in Southeast Asia , on the Malay Peninsula , Borneo , Sumatra and Kalimantan , West Malaysia , and the Philippines .