RAGANAS, RICHARD P.

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BSIT – 3A PREFINAL # 2

“NATIONAL ARTISTS FOR MUSIC AND LITERATURE IN THE PHILIPPINES”

1. JOSE MACEDA - (31 January 1917 – 5 May 2004) was a

Filipino ethnomusicologist and composer. He was named a
National Artist of the Philippines for Music in 1998.

As an ethnomusicologist, Maceda investigated various

forms of music in Southeast Asia, producing numerous
papers and even composing his own pieces for Southeast
Asian instruments. His notable works include: Pagsamba for
116 instruments, 100 mixed and 25 male voices (1968);
Cassette 100 for 100 cassette players (1971); Ugnayan for 20 radio stations (1974);
Udlot-Udlot for several hundred to several thousand people (1975); Suling-Suling for 10
flutes, 10 bamboo buzzers and 10 flat gongs (1985). In 1977, Maceda aimed to study
Philippine folk songs which he describes as having more focus on rhythm rather than
time measure.[3] From the 1990s, he also composed for Western orchestra and piano.
The examples are: Distemperament for orchestra (1992); Colors without Rhythm for
orchestra (1999); Sujeichon for 4 pianos (2002).

2. LUCRESIA R. KASILAG - National Artist for Music (1989)

an educator, composer, performing artist, administrator and
cultural entrepreneur of national and international caliber, had
involved herself wholly in sharpening the Filipino audience’s
appreciation of music. Kasilag’s pioneering task to discover the
Filipino roots through ethnic music and fusing it with Western
influences has led many Filipino composers to experiment with
such an approach. She dared to incorporate indigenous
Filipino instruments in orchestral productions, such as the
prize-winning “Toccata for Percussions and Winds, Divertissement and Concertante,”
and the scores of the Filiasiana, Misang Pilipino, and De Profundis. “Tita King”, as she
was fondly called, worked closely as music director with colleagues Lucresia Reyes-
Urtula, Isabel Santos, Jose Lardizabal and Dr. Leticia P. de Guzman and made
Bayanihan Philippine Dance Company one of the premier artistic and cultural groups in
the country. Her orchestral music includes Love Songs, Legend of the Sarimanok, Ang
Pamana, Philippine Scenes, Her Son, Jose, Sisa and chamber music like Awit ng mga
Awit Psalms, Fantaisie on a 4-Note Theme, and East Meets Jazz Ethnika.

3. RYAN CAYABYAB - known professionally as Ryan

Cayabyab, is a Filipino musician, composer and conductor. He
was the Executive and Artistic Director for several years for the
defunct San Miguel Foundation for the Performing Arts. He was
named as National Artist of the Philippines for Music in 2018.

Mr. C is the most accomplished composer, arranger, and

musical director in the Philippine music industry since this
bloomed beginning 1970s. His learned, skillful, and versatile
musical style spans a wide range of genres: from conservatory or art compositions such
as concert religious music, symphonic work, art song, opera, and concerto to
mainstream popular idioms in the music industry and in live contemporary multimedia
shows (musical theater, dance, and film). Being very visible in the national media (once
a TV host of a long-running arts and culture series and recently a judge in reality TV
singing competitions), Cayabyab is a household name. His compositions reflect a
perspective of music that extols the exuberance of life and human happiness, thus
capturing the very essence of our Filipino soul.

Famous for composing the Da Coconut Nut Song performed by his Smokey Mountain
band, Cayabyab's current project includes the Ryan Cayabyab Singers (RCS), a group
of seven young adult singers comparable to Smokey Mountain in the early 1990s. After
FreemantleMedia decided not to renew the Philippine Idol franchise, Cayabyab
transferred to rival show Pinoy Dream Academy (season 2), replacing Jim Paredes as
the show's headmaster. PDA 2 started on June 14, 2008. He also became the chairman
of the board of judges for GMA Network's musical-reality show To The Top.

4. ERNANI J. CUENCO - National Artist for Music (1999)

Ernani J. Cuenco is a seasoned musician born on May 10,
1936 in Malolos, Bulacan. A composer, film scorer, musical
director, and music teacher, he wrote an outstanding and
memorable body of work that resonates with the Filipino sense
of musicality and which embody an ingenious voice that raises
the aesthetic dimensions of contemporary Filipino music.
Cuenco played with the Filipino Youth Symphony Orchestra
and the Manila Symphony Orchestra from 1960 to 1968, and the Manila Chamber
Soloists from 1966 to 1970. He completed a music degree in piano and cello from the
University of Santo Tomas where he also taught for decades until his death in 1988. His
songs and ballads include “Nahan, Kahit na Magtiis,” and “Diligin Mo ng Hamog ang
Uhaw na Lupa,” “Pilipinas,” “Inang Bayan,” “Isang Dalangin,” “Kalesa,” “Bato sa
Buhangin” and “Gaano Kita Kamahal.” The latter song shows how Cuenco has enriched
the Filipino love ballad by adding the elements of kundiman to it.

5. LUCIO SAN PEDRO - National Artist for Music (1991) is a

master composer, conductor, and teacher whose music evokes
the folk elements of the Filipino heritage. Cousin to “Botong”
Francisco, San Pedro produced a wide-ranging body of works
that includes band music, concertos for violin and orchestra,
choral works, cantatas, chamber music, music for violin and
piano, and songs for solo voice. He was the conductor of the
much acclaimed Peng Kong Grand Mason Concert Band, the
San Pedro Band of Angono, his father’s former band, and the
Banda Angono Numero Uno. His civic commitment and work with town bands have
significantly contributed to the development of a civic culture among Filipino
communities and opened a creative outlet for young Filipinos. His orchestral music
include The Devil’s Bridge, Malakas at Maganda Overture,Prelude and Fugue in D
minor, Hope and Ambition; choral music Easter Cantata, Sa Mahal Kong Bayan, Rizal’s
Valedictory Poem; vocal music Lulay,Sa Ugoy ng Duyan, In the Silence of the Night;
and band music Dance of the Fairies, Triumphal March, Lahing Kayumanggi,
Angononian March among others.