MUSIC OF THE

LOWLANDS OF LUZON
Music for Liturgy and Devotional Music
LITURGY
• a fixed set of ceremonies, words, etc., that
are used during public worship in a religion.
• Technically speaking, liturgy is a subset of
ritual.
• When ritual is undertaken in order to
participate in a divine act or assist a divine
action, it is liturgy.
 DEVOTIONAL MUSIC

• is a hymn which accompanies religious

observances and rituals. Traditionally devotional
music has been a part of Christian music, 
Hindu music, Sufi music,Buddhist music, 
Islamic music and Jewish music.
 Activity 1: These terms below are in the Latin language
and refer to parts of the Catholic Mass. Can you find out
the Filipino and English translations for these?
THE MASS
Latin Filipino English

1. Kyrie Panginoon, maawa ka

2. Gloria Glory to G O D

3. Credo Sumasampalataya

4. Sanctus Holy

5. Agnus Dei Kordero ng Diyos

 VOCAL MUSIC
• The Mass
• Moro-Moro/Komedya
• Senakulo and Pabasa ng Pasyon
• Salubong
• Flores de Mayo and Santa Cruzan
 THE MASS
• Mass is one of the names by which the sacrament of the Eucharist is commonly called in the 
Catholic Church, Western Rite Orthodox churches and many Old Catholic, Anglican, and 
Lutheran churches, as well as some Methodist churches. Apart from "Eucharist" others are the
"Lord's Supper", the "Breaking of Bread", the "Eucharistic assembly (synaxis)", the "memorial of
the Lord's Passion and Resurrection", the "Holy Sacrifice", the "Holy and Divine Liturgy" and
"Holy Communion". In these denominations, the term Mass often refers to the entire 
church service in general. Some Protestants employ terms such as Divine Service or 
service of worship, rather than the word Mass, although other Protestants, such as Anglicans and
Lutherans, use the word. For the celebration of the Eucharist in Eastern churches, including those
 in full communion with the Holy See, other terms such as the Divine Liturgy, the Qurbono
Qadishoor Holy Qurbana and the Badarak are normal.
Agnus Dei by Giovanni Paletrina
Tiples De Sto. Domingo by Brendon Dungca
MORO-MORO/KOMEDYA
• The earliest known form of organized theatre is
the comedia, or moro-moro, created by Spanish
priests. In 1637 a play was written to dramatize
the recent capture by a Christian Filipino army
of an Islamic stronghold. It was so popular that
other plays were written and staged as folk
dramas in Christianized villages.
 SENAKULO
• The Senakulo (from the Spanish cenaculo)
is a Lenten play that depicts events from
the Old and New Testaments related to the
life, sufferings, and death of Christ.
The senakulo is traditionally performed on
a proscenium-type stage with painted cloth
or paper backdrops that are called telon.
SALUBONG
•Salubong is an Easter Sunday pre-dawn ritual that reenacts the
Risen Christ's meeting with His mother. It is performed in the
churchyard under a specially prepared arch where the veiled
image of the Virgin Mary has been placed. A child dressed as an
angel is lowered by ropes from a high platform to lift the
mourning veil of the grieving Mother. The church bells are rung,
and there is a procession of the images of Christ and his mother
that ends up inside the church.
•The participants in the procession are segregated by gender. The
men and boys follow the image of Jesus Christ, while women
and girls follow the image of Mary. The procession ends with
the two groups meeting in the church, where Mass is said.
FLORES DE MAYO AND SANTA CRUZAN

• Flores de Mayo (Spanish for "flowers of May")

is a festival held in the Philippines in the month
of May. It is one of the May devotions to the
Blessed Virgin Mary and lasts for the entire
month. The Santacruzan (Spanish for "sacred
cross") is the ritual pageant held on the last day
of Flores de Mayo.
INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC
Las Piñas Bamboo Organ
 SOCIAL FUNCTIONS

•Music for worship and

religious festivities