PHILIPPINE

CONTEMPORARY
MUSIC:

TRADITIONAL
COMPOSERS
 PRELIMINARY ACTIVITY
Watch and listen to the video to be played and answer the guide
question after.
PRELIMINARY ACTIVITY
Guide Question:

1. “Are you familiar with the song?

2. Do you know the title of the song?

3. “Who among you enjoys listening to this kind of

music?”
 LISTENING ACTIVITY
Listen and observe the music to played and answer the
question after.

Contemporary Pop Music

Music

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Guide Question:

1. What is the difference between the songs?

2. Can you describe each song?

3. What makes them different from one another?

CONTEMPOR
ARY
PHILIPPINE
MUSIC
 According to National Artist
Dr. Ramon Santos, “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.”
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❑ With Spain and then America having colonized the
Philippines from the early 1500s to the late 1800s, it
was unavoidable that Western compositional
techniques found their way into the works of Filipino
composers.

❑ Yet, even 20th century Filipino composers have

managed to retain some traditional elements in their
assimilation of Western techniques.

❑ In fact, they have become the strongest foundations of

what we now know as Philippine music.
❑ Among the major Philippine contemporary
composers are:

✔ Francisco Santiago
✔ Nicanor Abelardo
✔ Antonio Molina,
FRANCISCO B. BUENCAMINO
SR.
(1883 – 1952)
▪ Francisco Beltran Buencamino Sr. was born on November 5, 1883
in Bulacan.

▪ He was the son of a musically inclined couple.

▪ His father was Fortunato Buencamino, a church organist and band

master.

▪ His mother was Luisa Beltran, a noted singer.

▪ He studied music composition and harmony at Liceo de Manila.

Unfortunately, he was not able to finish.
▪ Many of his piano works have become a staple part of
the Philippine repertoire of today’s young students,
especiallyMayon, Larawan, and Maligayang Bati.

▪ He also wrote several zarzuelas and kundimans.

▪ He passed away on October 16, 1952 after which a

posthumous award honored him with the title
“Outstanding Composer.”
COMPOSITION ▪ Harana ▪ Mi Bandera
▪ Pandanggo ni Neneng ▪ Princesa ng Kumintang
▪ Collar de Sampaguita ▪ Maligayang Bati,
▪ Dulces las Horas ▪ Ang Bukang Liwayway
▪ Mayon (Fantasia de Concierto) ▪ Pandanggo ni Neneng
▪ My Soul’s Lament ▪ Ang Bagong Balitaw
▪ Larawan ▪ Himig ng Nayon,
▪ Mazurka ▪ Damdamin (Romance)
▪ Boholana ▪ Pizzicato Caprice
FRANCISCO SANTIAGO
(1889-1947)
 known as the “Father of the Kundiman”
and belongs to the “Triumvirate of Filipino
Composers.”

 Santiago’s music was Romantic in style,

incorporating Western forms and techniques
with folk materials.

 He composed several works such as

kundiman, symphonies, piano concertos, and
other music pieces for the piano, violin, and
voice.
 He was also a musical director for films.
Among the films under his musical
supervision were “Kundiman”, “Leron Leron
Sinta”, “Madaling Araw”, “Manileña”, and the
movie inspired by his own composition,
“Pakiusap”.

 He became the first Filipino Director of the

UP Conservatory of Music.
✔ Pakiusap COMPOSITION
✔ Madaling Araw
✔ Sakali Man
✔ Pilipinas Kong Mahal
✔ Hibik ng Pilipinas
✔ Ano Kaya ang Kapalaran
✔ Kundiman (Anak Dalita). This piece was
sung before the Royal Court of Spain upon
the request of King Alfonso II.
NICANOR ABELARDO
(1893 – 1934)
❑ Nicanor Abelardo is one of the
“Triumvirate of Filipino Composers”
which includes Antonio Molina and
Francisco Santiago.

❑ He studied music at the Chicago Music

College and was influenced by the
musical styles of Schoenberg,
Hindemith and Stravinsky.
❑ Abelardo developed a style that
combined European romanticism with
chromaticism.

❑ His compositions contain hazy tones,

dissonance and unusual chordal
combinations.

❑ Although a 20th century modern

composer in style, he is also
considered a composer in the
Romantic style.
 COMPOSITION
 Mutya ng Pasig
 Nasaan Ka Irog
 Bituing Marikit
 Ikaw Rin
 Kundiman ng Luha
 Pahimakas
 Kung Hindi Man
 Pahiwatig
 Cavatina for Violin and Piano, First
Nocturne for Piano, and Magbalik Ka
Hirang
ANTONIO J. MOLINA
(1894 – 1980)
❑ first National Artist for Music, is
considered one of the “Triumvirate of
Filipino Composers” which includes
Nicanor Abelardo and Francisco
Santiago.

❑ He began his music career as an

orchestral soloist at the Manila Grand
Opera House.
❑ Molina was a product of both the
Romantic and Impressionist schools of
thought.

❑ He was fascinated by the dynamics

and harmonies of Debussy, but
retained much of the Romantic style in
his melody.

❑ A characteristically impressionist work

is his piano work Malikmata
(Transfiguration).
❑ He is best known for his poignantly
romantic serenade for violin and piano
“Hatinggabi”.

❑ Subsequent transcriptions of this piece

were written for the cello, flute, piano,
and guitar.

❑ He received the National Artist for

Music award in 1973.

❑ He passed away on January 29, 1980.

COMPOSITION❑ Orchestral music - Misa Antoniana
Grand Festival Mass, Ang Batingaw,
Kundiman-Kundangan

❑ Chamber music - String Quartet, Kung

sa Iyong Gunita, Pandangguhan

❑ Vocal music - Amihan, Awit ni Maria

Clara, and Larawan Nitong Pilipinas.
 LISTENING ACTIVITY
PILIPINAS KONG

02
MAHAL
01 LARAWAN ANO KAYA ANG
FRANCISCO BUENCAMINO KAPALARAN
FRANCISCO SANTIAGO
SR.

NASAAN KA
AMIHAN
03 IROG
NICANOR ABELARDO 04 ANTONIO J. MOLINA

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 ORAL RECITATION!
1. Based on the composition of the selected
Contemporary Filipino composers, what do you
think makes their composition Filipino?

2. Who among the Filipino traditional composers

inspired you the most and why?

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