Rosil de Costa

Rosil de Costa (Malacca, ? - 1986) was a Malaysian singer.

She was the last great singer, poetess and improviser of the Malay genre of music called "Mata-kantiga" (literally, “kill the song”), of Portuguese origin, where a man and a woman improvise verses, similar to the styles found in Brazil and Portugal. She was also the singer of another genre of Malay music of Portuguese origin named "Branyo".

ee also

*Music of Malaysia

Bibliography

*Sarkissian, Margaret. Kantiga di Padri sa chang. From the collection "Viagem dos Sons", Tradisom, Vila Verde, Portugal, 1998
*Silva Rego, Padre António da. "Apontamentos para o estudo do dialecto português de Malaca. Boletim Geral das Colônias, Lisboa, Portugal, 1941.