The structure and musical styles of bilingual musical theatre in Malaysia

Deriving from the Western art form, musical theatre by local Malaysian productions has been increasing since the last decade. The multiculturalism of the community is also reflected in the growing trend of local bilingual musicals. Bilingual use in various art forms is not an unfamiliar phenomenon i...

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Main Authors: Loo, Fung Chiat, Loo, Fung Ying, Toon, Elaine Swan Chien
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sakarya University 2016
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56749/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56749/1/123.pdf
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description Deriving from the Western art form, musical theatre by local Malaysian productions has been increasing since the last decade. The multiculturalism of the community is also reflected in the growing trend of local bilingual musicals. Bilingual use in various art forms is not an unfamiliar phenomenon in Malaysia since it is a multicultural country that consists of three main ethnicities: Malay, Chinese and Indian. This paper highlights and discusses the structure and the musical style employed in bilingual musical productions in Malaysia. Analysis of several productions shows the function of language in these musicals and how bilingualism is used to construct the architecture of a musical.
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spelling upm-567492019-02-18T02:29:50Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56749/ The structure and musical styles of bilingual musical theatre in Malaysia Loo, Fung Chiat Loo, Fung Ying Toon, Elaine Swan Chien Deriving from the Western art form, musical theatre by local Malaysian productions has been increasing since the last decade. The multiculturalism of the community is also reflected in the growing trend of local bilingual musicals. Bilingual use in various art forms is not an unfamiliar phenomenon in Malaysia since it is a multicultural country that consists of three main ethnicities: Malay, Chinese and Indian. This paper highlights and discusses the structure and the musical style employed in bilingual musical productions in Malaysia. Analysis of several productions shows the function of language in these musicals and how bilingualism is used to construct the architecture of a musical. Sakarya University 2016-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56749/1/123.pdf Loo, Fung Chiat and Loo, Fung Ying and Toon, Elaine Swan Chien (2016) The structure and musical styles of bilingual musical theatre in Malaysia. Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology (spec.). pp. 1130-1137. ISSN 2146-7242
spellingShingle Loo, Fung Chiat
Loo, Fung Ying
Toon, Elaine Swan Chien
The structure and musical styles of bilingual musical theatre in Malaysia
title The structure and musical styles of bilingual musical theatre in Malaysia
title_full The structure and musical styles of bilingual musical theatre in Malaysia
title_fullStr The structure and musical styles of bilingual musical theatre in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed The structure and musical styles of bilingual musical theatre in Malaysia
title_short The structure and musical styles of bilingual musical theatre in Malaysia
title_sort structure and musical styles of bilingual musical theatre in malaysia
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56749/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56749/1/123.pdf