ALFREDO BUENAVENTURA

- he was drawn by his fascination with trumpets and trombones and became one of its arrangers and conductors

- he was one of twenty boy sopranos of Tiples at Sto. Domingo Church from where he received his first significant
musical training

- his compositions and other creative works have transcended territorial, racial, and language barriers as these
have been performed abroad by international virtuosi and religious groups

- some of his major works include the operas Maria Makiling (1961), Diego Silang (1966), Prinsesa Urduha (1969),
cantatas Ang Ating Watawat (1965), Pasko ng Barangay (1964), three piano concertos subtitled Celebration,
Determination, and Exultation, and symphonies such as Dakilang Lahi (1971), Gomburza (1981), and Rizal, the
Great Malayan Antagonist (1990)

- his minor works numbering more than 50 cover mostly religious songs and hymns for specific celebrations such as
the Sixteenth Centenary of St. Augustine, Mass for the 400th Year of the Augustinian Recollect, and the Philippine
Music Festival.

Birth
Monday, October 14, 1929
Santa Maria, Bulacan
Philippines
Groupes
Philippines
Modern composers
Conductors, Organists, teachers
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Age:
90
Composition list
Diego Silang • (1966) • Operas
Hinilawod • (1971) • Operas
Legende de l'Ananas • (1967) • Operas
Mariang Makiling • (1961) • Operas
Prinsesa Urduja • (1969) • Operas
Legende d'Amour d'une Deesse des Montagnes • Operettas
(b Santa Maria, Bulacan, Oct 14, 1929). Filipino composer, conductor and teacher. He studied at the universities of
S Tomas and Centro Escolar, and at the Gregorian Institute. Teaching appointments followed at the Philippine
Women’s University, St Scholastica’s College and other institutions. For a time he was the organist of Manila
Cathedral, and he has also been active as the director of several bands and of the glee club of Ateneo University,
Loyola. He became dean of the Centro Escolar University Conservatory and received the Republic Cultural Heritage
Award twice (1964, 1972); he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Philippine Women's University in
1989. His compositions, often based on Philippine legend and history, use Romantic, Impressionist and
contemporary idioms.