Sounds of the Sunny Island provides a historical overview of music in this rapidly developing city and the impact of immigration on its melodies. Covering folk music to popular tunes, this book reveals the basis of music and relates it to society. Explore how Chinese opera tunes, Malay rhythms, Indian raga, and Western styles evolved to become the Singapore memories of today. With each chapter, the definitive cultural milestones and art movements of the chapter's featured cities are revealed, along with the locals that keep the music scene alive today. Incorporating elements of Traditional and Modern, "Sounds of the Sunny Island" is your gateway whether you are a music freak or a wanderlust. Feel the beat of this gay sunny island and learn about the pulse of the people that from generation to generation continued to beat in music.