filipino music (composers)

• traditional music composers:

  1. antonio jesus naguiat molina
  2. lucio diestro san pedro
  3. rosendo ejercito santos jr.
  4. alfredo santos buenaventura
• new music composers:

  1. jose montserrat maceda
  2. lucrecia roces kasilag
  3. father manuel perez maramba, osb
  4. raymundo "ryan" pujante cayabyab
• song composers:

  1. levi celerio
  2. restituto aquino umali
  3. ernani joson cuenco
  4. george masangkay canseco
• colegio de san juan de letran - where molina studed for a bachelor's degree before studying at up to take up a music degree
• antonio molina - known as "debussy of the philippines"
• quiapo, manila - where did antonio molina live in?
• sa ugoy ng duyan - a heart-warming lullaby and ode to a mother's love
• lucio san pedro - known as "the creative nationalist". for him, being a musician was not just a passion but a calling
• angono, rizal - known as the "arts capital of the philippines", also where lucio lived in
• at the age of 10 - rosendo learned music lessons under julian felipe and became the composer of our national anthem
• at the age of 11 - rosendo was employed as a music teacher
• at the age of 12 - rosendo made arrangement for one of cavite's top bands
• at the age of 13 - rosendo composed marches, music for catholic mass, and scores
• at the age of 14 - rosendo was called "one of the world's best timpani players"
• at the age of 15 - rosendo gave hawaii its first-ever live symphony performance
• rosendo santos - known as the "philippine composer of the century". was an 11-year-old kid teaching music lessons to other children. he was insisted to enter law school but pursued his career in music
• cavite city - where did rosendo santos live in?
• tiples de santo domingo - a church boys' choir that was given first-class training by spanish conductors which alfredo joined in grade school
• alfredo buenaventura - created a danza and conducted and arranged band music at 12. his compositions, often based on philippine history, myths, and legends, use romantic, impressionist, and contemporary styles
• musicologist - a music researcher
• jose maceda - has the highest educational attainment in music, widest range of research, and the greatest number of awards and recognition abroad
• lucrecia kasilag - a female composer known as tita "king", she unwaveringly worked to raise the quality of music education and appreciation in the philippines
• osb - order of saint benedict
• manuel maramba - a successful concert pianist and composer that took him to the us. however, his role as catholic priest tarnished his international image
• las piñas bamboo organ - the largest bamboo organ in the world
• dagupan city, pangasinan - where did manuel maramba live in?
• ryan cayabyab - fondly called "mr. c". his mother was an opera singer but died when he was six. he can compose with the eclectic style
• levi celerio - the only person who could play music with a leaf and labeled by the guinness book of world records. he started playing violin at age 11
• tondo, manila - where did levi celerio live in?
• restituto umali - an all-around man; he was good at other fields or expertise too besides music. aside from being a musician, he also finished an electrician's course
• three courses that restituto umali took:

  1. music
  2. business
  3. electronics
• ernani cuenco - considered the most important composer during the second golden age of philippine cinema. he wrote songs for movies and did music scoring, he was also a music director and music teacher
• george canseco - one of the greatest tagalog song composers in history. he did not study music in schools. he is self-taught in piano and learned to interpret, write, and compose notes at an early age
• ccp - cultural center of the philippines