QUARTER III - WEEK 2

CONTEMPORARY
PHILIPPINE MUSIC MUSIC
AT THE END OF THE LESSON, THE STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO:

1. Performs selections of
contemporary Philippine music;

2. Evaluates music and music

performances using guided rubrics.
NEW MUSIC COMPOSER
AND SONG COMPOSER
NEW MUSIC COMPOSER
RAMON P. SANTOS
194 1 - PR ESENT
NATIONAL ARTIST FOR MUSIC

Santos’ compositional style

features chromaticism,
music seria, and electronic
components, combined
with indigenous Philippine
music elements.
LIFE WORKS
Ding Ding Nga Diyawa
Nabasag na Banga
Rituwal ng Pasasalamat,
Ta-O
Sandiwaan
Kulintang
Panaghoy
FRANCISCO F. FELICIANO
194 2 - 20 1 4
NATIONAL ARTIST FOR MUSIC

Avant-garde composer and

conductor for band and
chorus. . His first exposure to
music was with the Morriz
Band, a brass ensemble
established and owned by his
father, Maximiano Feliciano.
MAJOR WORK AND
ARRANGEMENT:

Buksan mo ang aming mga

labi
Awit sa Ilawan sa Takipsilim
Pamugun
Pokpok Alimpako
 JOSEFINO TOLEDO
1959 - P R ESENT
Josefino “Chino” Toledo is a
recognized figure in the Asian
contemporary art music scene.
He received his Master of Music
degree from the Cleveland
Institute of Music, USA.
Ten Outstanding Young
Men” (TOYM)
International Award for the
Arts
LIFE WORKS
Dasal
Sigaw
Hinga
Auit
Salita-an
Kwaderno Para sa Kwerdas
Alitaptap
 JONAS BAES
1962 - P R ESENT
Known for writing music
utilizing unorthodox musical
instruments such as bean pod
rattles, leaves, iron-nail chimes,
and various Asian instruments
such as bamboo scrapers,
bamboo flutes, and vocal
music using Asian vocal
techniques.
LIFE WORKS

BANWA
WALA
DALUY
IBO-IBON
SALAYSAY
PATANGIS-BUWAYA
PANTAWAG
BASBASAN
SONG COMPOSER
 LEVI CELERIO
1910 - 20 0 2
NATIONAL ARTIST FOR
LITERATURE AND MUSIC
A prolific lyricist and composer
was named National Artist for
Music and Literature in 1997.
Also a violinist, he had written
the lyrics for over 4,000 songs in
his lifetime, including many for
film.

First person to play music

using leaves.
LIFE WORKS
Bigay Hilig
Istambay
Franco Maderro
Mr. Humble Boy (Ang
Dating Kampeon)
The Son of Vera Cruz
Ang Pipit
CONSTANCIO DE GUZMAN
1903 - 1 9 8 2
His “unexpected” hit music,
Panaginip, paved the way for him
to record hundreds of songs,
principally under Villar and
Columbia Records. In 1948, his
song Ang Bayan Ko and Kung
Kita’y Kapiling won the gold
medal at the Paris International
Fair. Bayan Ko was later adopted
as the symbolic song of the
People Power Movement of 1986.
LIFE WORKS

Bayan Ko
Babalik Ka Rin
Ang Tangi Kong Pag-ibig
Birheng Walang
Dambana
Maalaala Mo Kaya
MIGUEL “MIKE” VELARDE JR.
1913 - 1 9 8 6

He created his own style as

he composed highly
melodious and romantic
songs. In 1970, he won the
Best Conductor award at the
First International Popular
Song Contest in Japan with
his composition As Long as
Forever.
LIFE WORKS

Ikaw
Lahat ng Araw, Habang
Buhay
Minamahal Kita
Ikaw ay Akin
Dahil Sa Iyo
SANTIAGO SUAREZ
1901 - 1 96 4
Suarez’s compositions are a
mixture of the soulful
kundiman style and the
lively strains of the
countryside. The melodies
are tonal and catchy, while
the rhythms follow the
regular meter with minimal
tempo changes.
LIFE WORKS

Bakya Mo Neneng
Sa Libis ng Nayon
Caprichosa
Tapis Mo, Inday
Bulaklak at Paruparo
RESTITUTO “RESTIE” UMALI
1916 - 1 99 8
Umali arranged the
Philippine national anthem
and the local classic Kataka-
taka for the Boston Pops
Orchestra when it
performed for the Philippine
Independence Night in
Boston in 1972.
LIFE WORKS

SaanKa Man Naroroon

Alaala ng Lumipas
Ang Pangarap Ko’y Ikaw
Sa Libisng Barrio
Di Ka Nag-iisa
Paano Kita Lilimutin
 ANGEL PEÑA
1921 - 20 1 4

In 1959, the University of

Santo Tomas launched a
national symphonic
composition contest open to
Filipino composers. Peña’s
entry Igorot Rhapsody won
first prize the following year.
LIFE WORKS

Igorot Rhapsody
Concerto for Double Bass
and Orchestra
Concerto for Jazz
Quartet and Orchestra
Symphonic Variations on
Two Manobo Themes
Iyo Kailan Pa Man
 ERNANI CUENCO
1936 - 1 9 8 8
NATIONAL ARTIST FOR MUSIC

Cuneco’s compositions are

popular and well-loved,
especially Gaano Ko Ikaw
Kamahal and Bato sa
Buhangin which he
composed for films in honor
of his wife.
LIFE WORKS

Gaano ko kaw Kamahal

Bato sa Buhangin
Nahan
Kahit na Magtiis
Pilipinas
 GEORGE CANSECO
1934 - 20 0 4
Canseco was considered as
“a nationally acclaimed
composer of numerous
popular classics.” He was
commissioned by Former
First Lady Imelda R. Marcos
to compose a national
tribute hymn entitled Ako
Ay Pilipino
LIFE WORKS
Muling Ibalik ang Tamis ng Pag-
Ibig (1998)
Paano ang Ngayon Kung Wala
ang Kahapon (1995)
Ikaw (1993)
Ngayon at Kailanman (1992)
Imortal (1989)
Ang Babaeng Nawawala sa
Sarili (1989)
Babangon Ako'T Dudurugin Kita
(1989)
Langit at Lupa (1988)
 LEOPOLDO SILOS SR.
1925 - 20 1 5

He composed and recorded

a number of romantic
songs, he was also the
award winning musical
director of the long-running
television musical program,
Aawitan Kita, which starred
Armida Siguion-Reyna.
LIFE WORKS
Aling kutsero
Ay, Anong Saklap
Basta't Mahal Kita
D'yos Lamang ang
Nakakaalam
Dahil sa Isang Bulaklak
Di Magtataksil
Diyos Lamang Ang
Nakakaalam
Golpe de Gulat
“Where words fail, music

speaks.”
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