Maestro keroncong Martohartono Gesang

Maestro keroncong Martohartono Gesang (1992) before he died, Thursday afternoon, at 18:10 pm, healthy conditions could drop up to two times, and request written three songs keroncong his work, including the Solo.

"He has his health before death could drop up to two times. First at 13:30 am and 18:00 o'clock am," said Yani Effendi, son of niece Gesang when the General Hospital of PKU Muhammadiyah Solo.

According to Yani, Thursday (20 / 5) morning at around 7:00 pm, Gesang fed to eat two scoops. In fact, he actually asked for another poem written by one of his nephews keroncong Yaniarti.

"He asked for written three songs namely kerongcong Red Bridge, Sweep Hands, and Solo," he said.

After that, his health continued to decline and at around 13:30 am experiencing shortness of breath, so the team of doctors who handle intensive and time to provide therapy to remove mucus in the throat.

Gesang improved his health back a few hours, but at around 18:00 pm his health again deteriorated after experiencing shortness of breath followed by a heart condition.

"A team of doctors who deal with him when Gesang experiencing shortness of breath, and followed by a heart condition," he said.

Gesang
finally our last breath at around 18:10 pm while being treated in the ICU PKU Muhammadiyah Hospital in Solo.

Santoso, another nephew also Gesang, explaining his plan Gesang corpse was buried in General Cemetery Pracimalaya, Tomb Haji Surakarta, Saturday (21 / 5).

According to him, before deployment to the last Gesang bodies will be brought to Pendapi Gede Surakarta Government Offices to honor the services of a great artist who is known as the Solo song.3
The song was composed in 1940, when he beusia 23 years. Gesang young when it was sitting on the edge of the Solo, he is always amazed by the river, was inspired to create a song. This song creation process takes about six months.

Solo song also has its own popularity abroad, especially in Japan. Solo could be used in one Japanese movie.
Gesang currently living in the No. 5 Village Road Bedoyo Kemlayan, Serengan, Solo with nephew and his family, having previously lived in the house of Mayor Perumnas Palur Surakarta in 1984 for 20 years. He has parted with his wife in 1962. Choosing to live alone. He never had children. On October 1, 2008 has been 92 years old.

Gesang initially was not a songwriter. Previously, he was just a singer keroncong songs for the show and only a small party in Solo city. He has also created a few songs, such as; Keroncong World Wheels, Keroncong the orphans, and Sweep Hand, during World War II. Unfortunately, this song is the third less than public acclaim.

As the appreciation for his services towards the development of music kroncong, in 1983 the Japanese established a park near the Solo Gesang. Management of the park is funded by Gesang Fund, an institution established for Gesang in Japan.

Gesang had reportedly died on May 18, 2010 after his health reportedly deteriorating



Surakarta / solo
Solo is the longest river in Java, Indonesia with two upstream rivers, namely from South Mountain area, Wonogiri and Ponorogo, then empties into the area of Gresik. "River," in Javanese means "great river". In the past, the river was once called Wuluyu, Wulayu, Semanggi (Semangy spelled in the Dutch language manuscript of the 17th century)
Surakarta is a big city in Central Java province, Indonesia. Another name is Solo or Solo. In Indonesia, Surakarta is the tenth largest city (after the Yogyakarta). East side of this city who passed the river in one of the songs is the keroncong, Solo.

The existence of this city began when the Sultanate of Mataram move the position of the king of Kartasura to the village of Sala, on the banks of the Solo. Due to split the kingdom, in Solo stood two palace, made the town had become a city with two administrative. This ended after the second political power of this kingdom was liquidated after the founding of the Republic of Indonesia. Furthermore, Solo became the seat of the prefect, who supervises Surakarta until the 1950s. After residency abolished, Surakarta is equivalent to the position of city districts (Regional Level II.) Since the Local Government Act which gives a lot of right of autonomy for local authorities, Surakarta to the status of the City.

Surakarta has the motto "BERSERI", an acronym of "Clean, Healthy, Neat and Beautiful", as the slogan of maintaining the beauty of the town. For the purposes of tourism marketing, tourism Solo Solo took the slogan, The Spirit of Java that is expected to build the image of the city of Solo as a center of Javanese culture.