| dc.description.abstract | This writing is entitled Guru Sauti: Biography of an Artist from Serdang
(1903-1963). This research is a historical study of the biography of a figure's life
written by someone else. This biographical article was written using historical
research methods starting from heuristics, collecting sources from interviews with
figures who had met him and who knew him closely like his biological children,
then at the source criticism stage to test the credibility of the sources, then interpretation
and the last is historiography or writing. Many figures have worked and
made a big contribution to the development of this nation, but their services seem
to be often forgotten so many people don't know about them. Therefore, this research
was carried out as a way of giving appreciation and remembering figures
who have contributed to this nation, especially in the field of art, such as Guru
Sauti. Guru Sauti is an artist from the land of Serdang Bedagai, North Sumatra
who succeeded in creating a masterpiece known as the "Serampang Dua Belas"
dance. Through this work he and his native region, namely Serdang, were recognized
not only on the national stage, but also internationally. Guru Sauti was born
in 1903 and died in 1963, throughout his life he dedicated himself to the development
of authentic Serdang Malay arts in various government and political conditions
at that time. The struggles that Guru Sauti went through throughout his life
took place in various dynamics that occurred. He worked as an art teacher at
school and as a dance course teacher, which made him liked by many people, and
made the word teacher attached to his name. Even though he has died, his work
remains immortal throughout the ages until now. | en_US |
