OBJECTIVE:

 Narrates the life of selected contemporary

Filipino composers; (MU10CM-IIIcg-3)
 CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
in the Philippines refers to compositions that
have adopted ideas and elements from 20th-
century art music in the west, as well as the
latest trends and musical styles in the
entertainment industry.
MUSIC-3 RD
QUARTER

New Composers of
Philippine
Contemporary
Music
 JOSE M. MACEDA (1917-2004)
National Artist for Music
HIS COMPOSITIONS:

 Ugma-Ugma (1963), a work for voice and ethnic instruments;

 Agungan(1975), a piece for six gong families;

 Pagsamba (1968), a musical ritual for a circular auditorium using several ethnic
percussion instruments;

 Cassettes 100 (1971), a composition for 100 cassette tape recorders;

 Ugnayan (1974), an ethnic piece played at the same time over several radio stations.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

 Maceda’s musical style enriched when he played the music of the indigenous tribes
of Mindoro in 1953.

 Though his compositional technique inclined to be Western in style, Maceda shared

sounds of the environment with ethnic instruments.
 LUCRECRIA R. KASILAG (1918-2008)
National Artist for Music
HER COMPOSITIONS:
• Toccata for Percussion and Winds (1959), composed for indigenous Muslim instruments
and Western instruments;
• The Legend of the Sarimanok(1963), composed for chamber orchestra and Philippine
ethnic instruments;
• Divertissement and Concertante(1960),
• Dularawan (1969), a musical drama combining a dance solo with a chorus and an ethnic
orchestra.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Kasilag’s alike respected in the academe as a former Dean of the College of Music and
Fine Arts, Philippine Women’s University.
In the cultural field, she was the President of the Cultural Center of the Philippines. In the
dance circles, she was the President and Music Director of the Bayanihan Dance
Company.
For all these outstanding achievements, she was title as National Artist for Music in 1989.
 RAMON P. SANTOS (1941)
National Artist for Music
HIS COMPOSITIONS:
• Ding Ding Nga Diyawa,
• Nabasag na Banga
• Iba’t iba pang Pinag-ugpong-ugpong na Pananalita sa Wikang
Pilipino para sa Labing Anim na Tinig
• L’BAD
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
 Santos compositional style features chromaticism, music seria, and
electronic components, combined with indigenous Philippine music
elements.
 He was conferred the title of National Artist for Music in 2014.
 FRANCISCO F. FELICIANO (1942-2014)
National Artist for Music
HIS COMPOSITIONS:
• Sikhay sa Kabila ng Paalam
• Ashen Wings
• La Loba Negra (1984)
• Pokpok Alimpako
• Salimbayan
• Umiinog
• Walang Tinag
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
 Feliciano composed hundreds of liturgical pieces, mass settings, hymns, and
songs for worship.
 He founded the Asian Institute for Liturgy and Music (AILM) in Quezon City,
a school for church musicians, and supervised the journal of a new Asian
hymnal comprising mostly works of Asian composers.
 He was conferred the title of National Artist for Music in 2014. He died on
September 19, 2014.
 JOSEFINO TOLEDO (1959 – present)
• 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.
• Among his awards are the following: “Ten
Outstanding Young Men” (TOYM); “International
Award for the Arts”; “Civitella Ranieri Fellowship
in Italy”; and the “Chancellor Awards for
Outstanding Musical Works,” University of the
Philippines.
 JONAS BAES (1961 – present)
• Baes is 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.
• DALUY (Flow) interval music for five
animator-percussionists and about a hundred
bird whistles distributed among the audience
 LEVI CELERIO (1910 – 2002)
National Artist for Literature and Music
• Prolific lyricist and composer Levi Celerio 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.
• A great number of kundimans and Filipino love songs have lyrics
written by him, most notable of which are Dahil sa Iyo, Buhat, and
Ang Pasko ay Sumapit.
 CONSTANCIO DE GUZMAN (1903 – 1982)
• 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.
 GEORGE CANSECO (1934 – 2004)
• 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 (I Am A
Filipino).