{"id":50063,"date":"2025-04-25T12:27:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T04:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/as\/?page_id=50063"},"modified":"2025-09-16T15:48:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T07:48:12","slug":"ihcorc-seminar-20241214","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/as\/research\/ihcorc\/ihcorc-seminar-20241214\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cantonese Opera Elements in Hong Kong Funeral Music: Insights from the film 'The Last Dance' (December 14, 2024)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"50063\" class=\"elementor elementor-50063\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider wavo-column-gap-default elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-83df18a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"83df18a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-62ac380\" data-id=\"62ac380\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4f8d17 wavo-transform transform-type-translate elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d4f8d17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Cantonese Opera Elements in Hong Kong Funeral Music: Insights from the film 'The Last Dance' (December 14, 2024)<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider wavo-column-gap-default elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fc4011a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fc4011a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-faa9814\" data-id=\"faa9814\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89d9ce5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"89d9ce5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IHCORC held a public seminar titled 'The Cantonese Opera Elements in Hong Kong Funeral Music: Insights from the film <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Last Dance<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">' (\u300c\u5f9e\u96fb\u5f71\u300a\u7834\u2027\u5730\u7344\u300b\u770b\u9999\u6e2f\u6baf\u5100\u97f3\u6a02\u7684\u7cb5\u5287\u5143\u7d20\u300d) on 14 December 2024. 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