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Multiculturalism and multilingualism form the uniqueness of cultural diversity in Malaysia. The people of Malaysia are widely exposed not just to a multicultural society, but to a multilingual environment where multiple languages are spoken in their daily lives.
These Malaysian art songs portray these unique characteristics of Malaysian-ness: where multiculturalism, multilingualism as well as internationalization have led to lyrics in multiple languages. These include Malay, Chinese, English, and French, based on texts by poets both local and from faraway lands. These compositions show the literary proficiency among Malaysian composers, as well as the diversified society in which Malaysians now live.
This recording is a testament to the artistic contributions of 13 Malaysian composers, from art songs dating back to the 1960s, to present day. It showcases the variety of musical styles and stylistic evolution from the time the country was born, to now, over half a century later.
馬來西亞多元文化的獨特性展示在其多種民族與其國民多元語言的能力上。在馬來西亞生活的人們不僅廣泛的接觸多元文化社會，而且日常的談話中也經常涉略多種語言。
在多元文化與國際化的趨勢下，馬來西亞藝術歌曲記載了這些語言的多元性，其藝術歌曲以多種語言創作，包括了馬來語、華語、英語、甚至也包括了法語。這些藝術歌曲體現出馬來西亞作曲家的語言能力，也顯現出這裡豐富多元的社會樣貌。
這張專輯共收錄了13位馬來西亞作曲家從最早的1960年代至2019年的藝術歌曲，展示了馬來西亞近半個世紀藝術歌曲的各種樣貌與風格。
