Professional Documents
Culture Documents
MuL 210
Professor Arwin Q. Tan
October 7, 2020
Lou Borromeo popularized the Jazz music genre in the Philippines and is later known as
the “King of Jazz” in the country.
Sufyana Kalam a devotional music of the Muslim mystics known as the Sufis. It is
typically sung by a solo musician to a minimal instrumentation.
Doctrina Christiana is believed to be the first book published in the Philippines which
was used to propagate Christianity in the country.
Plosa is a type of Tagalog poetry consisting of four lines (quatrains) of twelve syllables
each. It is commonly used for Kundiman and Harana.
Regimental Bands is a band which performs musical duties for military functions. It
mostly consists of wind and percussion instrments.
The Manila Carnival is an annual festival during the early American colonial period
organized by the American colonial administration. This aimed to celebrate harmonious
US and Philippine relations, as well as the commercial, industrial, and agricultural
progress in the country.
Cantigas de Sta. Maria is a late medieval collection of over 400 poems/sacred Galician-
Portuguese songs by Alfonso X or “El Sabio.” All pieces mentions the Virgin Mary.
Colegio de Niños Tiples de la Santa Iglesia Catedral is a school well-known for its
excellence in the training of boy’s choirs. It also offered classes in solfeggio,
vocalization, composition and the playing of organ and other stringed instruments. It was
founded in 1742 and continued to exist until the outbreak of the Second World War.
Musica Getutscht is regarded as the earliest printed treatise on musical instruments
written by a priest and chapel singer named Sebastian Virdung,. It provides teachings on
how to play the clavichord, the lute, and the recorder.
Priscilla, the Kolynos Girl is an icon, singer, and the no. 1 radio personality during the
Commonwealth Era because of her own 15-minute radio program “The Kolynos Hour”
which lasted for three years.
Itundak Gong Ensemble a gong ensemble in Benguet which accompanies the Karao
people’s exceptional native dance of the of the same name.
La Venta del Filipinas al Japon. According to history scholars, Spain has offered the
Philippines to Japan at a certain amount.
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Liquescent neumes
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Lou Borromeo
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Doctrina Christiana
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Plosa
Martin, Andrew R., and Matthew Mihalka. Music Around the World: A Global
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Regimental Bands
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