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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| author | Loo, Fung Chiat Loo, Fung Ying Toon, Elaine Swan Chien |
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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-670372019-03-06T05:40:01Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/67037/ 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. 2016 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/67037/1/inte2016-4.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. In: International Conference on New Horizons in Education (INTE 2016), 13-15 July 2016, Vienna, Austria. (pp. 253-260). |
| 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/67037/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/67037/1/inte2016-4.pdf |