Was a Filipino composer, conduc-

tor and music administrator.

He was named a National Artist of

the Philippines for his services to
music. He was also known as
the Claude Debussy of the Philip-
pines due to his use
of impressionism in music.

Molina was born

in Quiapo, Manila, December
26, 1894, the son of Juan Moli-
na, a government official, who
founded the Molina Orchestra.

Molina made his first Is one of his most

composition in 1912 familiar composi-
titled Matinal, which tions.
is preserved in an un-
published volume
called Miniaturas,
Vol. 1.

As a composer Molina is credited with

over 500 compositions.
 was a , teacher and a commu-
nity leader. , he was named one of
the National Artists for architecture. He was re-
garded as the
He was of the
Julio Nakpil and Gregoria
de Jesús (who married the former after the death
of her first husband Andrés Bonifacio). He

It is a beautiful example
of Nakpil’s postwar ar-
chitecture and serves as The church was reconstructed in
a gateway—and along 1933 from plans by Nakpil. Its
This famous theater
with the famous Obla- edifice has slight baroque influ-
in downtown Escol-
tion sculpture—as a ences, and was further refined by
ta is another of
Nakpil’s Art Deco grand entrance to all Jose Maria Zaragoza in the 1980s.
gems done in an those who enter the Built in 1938 for the Philippines
exaggerated, geo- university. Anti-Tuberculosis Society, this
metric style. amazing example of Streamlined .