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THE 10 FILIPINO COMPOSERS IN
PHILIPPINES
MUSIC
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Rodolfo S. Buenaventura- is the first
Filipino composer who received an honory
degree from a government recognized
music school in the United States. He is
also remarkable for his pianistic and
compositional know-how by extemporizing a
piano composition at the spur of the
moment.
He was born on 15 May 1909 in Singalong,
Manila. At the age of six, he had his formal
piano lessons. After 2 years, he played
fourteen pieces and six encores for his
recital.In that same year, he became the
organist of the Pasay Catholic Church when
they moved in. When he was ten, he
composed a piano piece entitled,
"Glissando Waltz". He became so keen and
inspired about music by his mother's
genuine support. At 13, he composed the
"Salute", a military march that was also
published. At 14, twenty-six of his
compositions were listed by the United
Publishing Company Inc.
He graduated with Teacher's Diploma on
Pianoforte and a Teacher's Diploma in
Science and Composition. He taught in his
Alma Mater, the UP Conservatory of Music.
He became the researcher and official
composer of the Philippine government-in-
exile, as appointed by President Quezon
where he was commissioned to write a
symphony and an opera…
Julian Felipe
Kompositor ng Lupang Hinirang
KapanganakanEnero 28, 1861
Kabite, Kabite
KamatayanOktubre 2, 1944
Maynila
Hanapbuhay Kompositor
Kilala dahil saKompositor ng Pambansang Awit ng
Pilipinas
Si Julian Felipe ay kinikilala bilang may-
katha ng Lupang Hinirang ang pambansang
awit ng Pilipinas. Ipinanganak siya noong
Enero 28, 1861 sa Lungsod ng Cavite,
Cavite at siya ang bunso sa labindalawang
anak ng mahirap na mag-asawang sina Justo
Felipe at Victoria Reyes.
Si Julian ay nag-aral sa isang pampublikong
paaralan sa Binondo, Maynila. Dito siya
natutong tumugtog ng piyano at kinalaunan
ay naging organista rin siya sa simbahan ng
San Pedro. Bukod sa pagtugtog ng piyano ay
nagkatha rin siya ng mga awiting gaya ng
Mateti el Santesismo, Cintas y Flores at
Amorita Danga. Nagkamit siya ng
karangalang diploma bilang pagkilala sa
kanyang kakayahan dahil sa mga awiting
ito.
Pansamantalang isinantabi ni Julian ang
musika nang siya ay sumanib sa kilusan ng
kalayaan sa Kabite. Naaresto at nakulong
siya noong Hunyo 2, 1898 ngunit nakalaya
rin naman. Kinuha siya ni Heneral
Aguinaldo bilang isang piyanista at
kompositor. Nang ihayag ang Unang
Republika ng Pilipinas noong Hunyo 12,
1898 sa balkohahe ng bahay ni Heneral
Aguinaldo sa Kawit, Kabite ay iwinagayway
ang watawat ng Pilipinas kasabay ng
pagtugtog ng martsang kinatha ni Julian
Felipe. Dahil dito ay hinirang siya ni
Heneral Aguinaldo bilang direktor ng
Pambansang Banda ng Unang Republika ng
Pilipinas.
Sa larangan ng pulitika si Julian ay
nanilbihan bilang konsehal ng lungsod ng
Kabite, Kabite noong taong 1902. Siya ay
binawian ng buhay noong Oktubre 2, 1941.
Makapal na panitik==Maaring tignan=
Nicanor Abelardo was born in
San Miguel de Mayumo, Bulacan. His
mother belonged to a family of artists in
Guagua, the Hensons. He was introduced to
music when he was five years old, when his
father taught him the solfeggio and the
banduria. At the age of 8, he was able to
compose his estoryahe first work, a waltz
entitled "Ang Unang Buko," which was
dedicated to his grandmother. At the age of
13, he was already playing at saloons and
cabarets in Manila. At age 15, he was
already teaching in barrio schools in San
Ildefonso and San Miguel Bulacan. All of
these happened even before young Abelardo
finally took up courses under Guy F.
Harrison and Robert Schofield at the UP
Conservatory of Music in 1916. By 1924,
following a teacher’s certificate in science
and composition received in 1921, he was
appointed head of the composition
department at the Conservatory. Years later,
he ran a boarding school for young
musicians, and among his students were
National Artist Antonino Buenaventura,
Alfredo Lozano and Lucino Sacramento. In
the field of composition he is known for his
redefinition of the kundiman, bringing the
genre to art-song status. Among his works
were "Nasaan Ka Irog," "Magbalik Ka
Hirang," and "Himutok." He died in 1934 at
the age of 41, leaving a collection of more
than 140 works
Francisco Santiago (January 29, 1889 –
September 28, 1947), was a Filipino
musician, sometimes called The Father of
Kundiman Art Song.
Santiago was born in Santa Maria, Bulacan,
Philippines, to musically-minded peasant
parents, Felipe Santiago and Maria Santiago.
In 1908, his first composition, Purita, was
dedicated to the first Carnival Queen, Pura
Villanueva, who later married the
distinguished scholar Teodoro Kalaw.
Santiago's masterpiece was the "Concerto in
B flat minor" for pianoforte and orchestra.
His most famous piece "Kundiman, (Anak-
Dalita)", was sung upon the may apat nah
tanga pang lima ang bumasa.
His other compositions are the kundiman
"Sakali Man", "Hibik ng Filipinas",
"Pakiusap", "Ang Pag-ibig", "Suyuan",
"Alaala Kita", "Ikaw at Ako", "Ano Kaya
ang Kapalaran?", "Hatol Hari Kaya?",
"Sakali't Mamatay", "Dalit ng Pag-ibig",
"Aking Bituin", "Madaling Araw" and
"Pagsikat ng Araw". He was named UP
Emeritus Professor of Piano, on May 25,
1946. When the University of the
Philippines Conservatory of Music was
celebrating its 30th anniversary, the patriotic
musician died of a heart attack. He was
buried at the North Cemetery, Manila. A
hall in the Head Office of BDO( former
PCIBank Twin Towers) was named in his
honor as the Francisco Santiago Hall. It was
mainly used for kundiman contests of the
Makati City Government and the awarding
of Service Awards of the former Equitable
PCIBank and PCIBank.
Francisco Buencamino
Francisco Buencamino belonged to a family
of musicians. He was born on November 5,
1883 in San Miguel de Mayumo, Bulacan.
His father Fortunato, a church organist and
band master, taught him music at a very
early age. His mother Luisa, meanwhile,
was a singer. At age 12, he could already
play the organ.
His early exposure to music was
complemented by education in composition
and harmony at the Liceo de Manila, where
Marcelo Adonay, an eminent composer and
conductor in the late 19th century, served as
his mentor. After graduating from the Liceo,
Buencamino composed a number of Tagalog
operettas or sarswelas, including Marcela
(1904), Si Tio Selo (1904), Yayang (1905),
and Pangakong Hindi Natupad (1905).
Buencamino taught at the Ateneo de Manila
in the early 1900s. He also taught at the
Centro Escolar de Señoritas and headed its
Music Department for 30 years. He founded
the Buencamino Music Academy in 1930,
and had Nicanor Abelardo as one of his
students. He also became a musical director
for sarswela productions, and composer of
music for films produced by Sampaguita
Pictures, LVN, and Excelsior.
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Juan F. Nakpil
born 1899
Died1986
Manila, Philippines
Nationality Filipino
Occupation Architect
Known for National Artist of the Philippines
Juan F. Nakpil (1899–1986) was a Filipino
architect, teacher and a community leader.
In 1973, he was named one of the National
Artists for architecture, and tapped as the
Dean of Filipino Architects.
He was one of eight children of the
Philippine Revolution veterans Julio Nakpil
and Gregoria de Jesus (who married the
former after the death of her first husband
Andrés Bonifacio).
Among Nakpil's works are San Carlos
Seminary, Geronimo de los Reyes Building,
Magsaysay Building, Rizal Theater, Capitol
Theater, Captain Pepe Building, Manila
Jockey Club, Rufino Building, Philippine
Village Hotel, University of the Philippines
Administration and University Library, and
the Rizal Shrine in Calamba, Laguna. He
also designed the International Eucharistic
Congress altar and improved the Quiapo
Church in 1930 by erecting a dome and a
second belfry. He was hailed as a National
Artist for Architecture in 1973.[1]
Juan Napkil died in Manila, Philippines in
1986.
Lucio San Pedro (February 11, 1913 –
March 31, 2002) was a Filipino composer
and teacher.
He was born on February 11, 1913 in
Angono, Rizal, the Philippines. He is known
in the Philippines as the composer of the
popular lullaby Sa Ugoy ng Duyan (in
collaboration with Levi Celerio) and the
symphonic poem Lahing Kayumanggi. He
taught composition at a number of colleges
and universities, including the University of
the Philippines College of Music, where he
served as chairman of its Composition and
Conducting Department from 1970 to 1973.
Lucio came from a family with musical
roots and he began his career early. When he
was still in his late teens, he became a
church organist, taking over the job after the
death of his grandfather. By then, he had
already composed songs, hymns and two
complete masses for voices and orchestra.
After studying with several prominent
musicians in the Philippines, he took
advanced composition training with Bernard
Wagenaar of the Netherlands. He also
studied harmony and orchestration under
Vittorio Giannini and took classes at
Juilliard in 1947.
His other vocation was teaching. He has
taught at the Ateneo de Manila University,
virtually all the major music conservatories
in Manila[citation needed], and at the College of
Music of the University of the Philippines,
Diliman, where he retired as a full professor
in 1978. He received the title Professor
Emeritus from the University in 1979.[citation
needed] He also became a faculty member of
the Centro Escolar University Conservatory
of Music in Manila.
On May 9, 1991, President Corazon C.
Aquino proclaimed Lucio D. San Pedro a
National Artist of the Philippines for Music.[1]
He died of cardiac arrest on March 31, 2002
at the age of 89. A number of national artists
attended his tribute at the Tanghalang
Pambansa, including: Napoleon Abueva,
Daisy Avellana, Leonor Gokingco, Nick
Joaquin, Arturo Luz, Jose Maceda, and
Andrea Veneracion. He is buried in his
hometown of Angono, Rizal.
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Antonio Molina.
Antonio J. Molina (1894-1980) was a
National Artist of the Philippines. A musical
great, he was considered the peer of two
other great Filipino musicians Nicanor
Abelardo and Francisco Santiago. His talent
was prodigious: he was the first violincellist
of pre-war times, a composer, conductor,
pedagogue, and music administrator.
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1 Early Life 2 Career 3 Personal Life 4 Awards and Distinctions 5 References 6 External Links 7 Citation
[edit] Early Life
Molina was born into a musical family
Quiapo, Manila on 26 December 1894. His
father Juan Molina was an influential
government official who also founded the
Molina Orchestra. His first formal music
lessons was violin and solfeggio under
Celestino de Vera, then a member of his
father's orchestra.
He attended the Escuela Catolica de Nuestra
Padre Jesus Nazareno in Quiapo. He
continued high school and college at San
Juan De Letran where he obtained abachelor
of arts degree in 1909.
Complying with his father's wishes he
pursued a Bachelor of Laws initially at the
UST. He transferred in his second year of
law studies to the Escuela de Derecho de
Manila, where he finished his studies. He
attained a teacher's diploma in violincello at
the UP Conservatory of Music in 1923.
[edit] Career
His first composition was "Matinal" in 1912
and it is preserved in an unpublished volume
"Miniaturas", Volume I. He did a
professional work, as concert soloist,
composer, and conductor in Hanoi, French
Indochina (now North Vietnam). Back in the
Philippines, he was appointed to teach
harmony, composition, music history, and
violincello at the UP Conservatory of
Music]]. He was also the first Filipino
composer who was invited to perform his
works to Malacañang. From being a
consultant in music education at the Bureau
of Public Schools, he also became the dean
of the Centro Escolar Conservatory of
Music. He also founded the first chamber
music group, the CEU String Quartet which
was professionally organized and financed
by its music school.
As a conductor, he lead the first
performance in the Philippines of Bach's
Christmas Oratorio presented by the
combined Knox and Central Church Choirs
(1947), as well as the first performance
Mozart's opera Don Giovanni, presented by
the Manila Little Theater Group at the FEU
Auditorium (1950). He is also remembered
as the conductor of the first televised choral
concert, featuring the Centro Escolar
University Conservatory Chorus, over then
DZAQ-TV Channel 3 (1953).
As a composer Molina was credited with
over 500 compositions, including:
o Hatinggabi, among earliest
violin selectionso Malikmata, pianoo Ana Maria, zarzuelao Misa Antoniana Grand Festival
Masso Ang Batingaw, Kundiman-
Kundangan; (chamber music) o Kung sa Iyong Gunita,
Pandangguhan; (vocal music) o Amihan, Awit ni Maria Clarao Larawan Nitong Pilipinas,
among others.
A true pioneer, he was one of the first
composers to incorporate pentatonic scales
and ethnic instruments such as the kulintang,
and gabbang in his symphonies.
Molina influenced many prominent Filipino
musicians including Lucresia Kasilag and
Felipe Padilla de Leon.
[edit] Personal Life
Antonio Molina Married his first wife Pilar
Siauingco when he was 23. They had 6
children: Rosita, holder of a music teacher's
diploma in piano; Exequiel, also known as
"Lito" a journalist who was also known as
one of the country's best saxophone players;
Antonio Maria, a graduate in composition
and choral conducting in the United States,
and who, according to Molina, was a far
better musician than his father and
Monserrat, who holds a bachelor's degree in
nutrition, but is a pianist.
Molina remarried in 1965. His wife, Carmen
Serrano, was a former student of his at
Centro Escolar University. She holds a
bachelor in music degree in music education
and an AB degree from the Colegio de Santa
Isabel.
He died on 29 January 1980 at age 86 and
was honored with a state funeral befitting a
Philippine National Artist.
[edit] Awards and Distinctions
Diploma of Honor, Manila Music Lovers Society, 1940
Commemorative medal and diploma, Department of Education, Health and Public Welfare, 1942
“Choral Conductor of the Year” and “Music Researcher of the Year,” Music Lovers Society, 1949
Honorary doctor of laws, honoris causa, CEU, 1953
Araw ng Maynila Award in music, 1969
Phi Kappa Phi Award and the UP Alumni Association Professional Award, 1972
Republic Cultural Heritage Award, in 1965 and 1972
National Artist of the Philippines, on 12 June 1973
[edit] References
Samson, Helen F. Contemporary Filipino Composers. Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Company, 1976.
CCP Encyclopedia of Philippine Art Volume 3. Manila: Cultural Center of the Philippines, 1994
Cornejo, M.R. Commonwealth Dictionary of the Philippines. Manila, 1939.
Galang, Zoilo. Encyclopedia of the Philippines Volume 9. Manila: P. Vera and Sons Company, 1936.
Manuel, E. Arsenio. Dictionary of Philippine Biography Volume 1. Quezon City: Filipiniana Publications, 1955.
[edit] External Links
Online registry of Filipino Musical Artists, including partial discography Accessed on 1 May 2009
National Commission on Culture and the Arts Profile of the National Artist Accessed on 1 May 2009
Short biography by National Historical Institute Accessed on 1 May 2009
Born August 31, 1918San Fernando, La Union
Died August 16, 2008Paco, Manila
Parents Asuncion Roces-Kasilag
Other Name/s Tita King
Lucrecia Roces Kasilag (August 31,
1918- August 16, 2008) was a noted
composer, educator, cultural and arts
administrator, and performing artist.
She was named National Artist in
Music in 1989. She pioneered the
fusion of Filipino ethnic and Western
music. She dared to mix indigenous
Filipino instruments with Western
orchestra in her prize-winning
"Toccata for Percussions and Winds,
Divertissement and Concertante," and
the scores of the Filiasiana, Misang
Pilipino and De Profundis. She was
fondly called "Tita King".
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