Lesson 1

• Francisco Buencamino Sr - He ventured on musical directing and scoring, and composing film music for Sampaguita Pictures, LVN, and Excelsior.
• Francisco Buencamino Sr- A posthumous award honored him with the title "Outstanding Composer."
• Francisco Buencamino Sr- Many of his piano works have become a staple part of the Philippine repertoire of today's young students, especially Mayon, Larawan, andMaligayang bati
• Nicanor Abelardo Bulacan, Antonio Molina, Francisco Santiago - "Triumvirate of Filipino Composers"
• Nicanor Abelardo Bulacan 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
• Nicanor Abelardo Bulacan -His best-known compositions include Mutya ng Pasig, Nasaan Ka Irog, Cavatina for Violoncello, and Magbalik Ka Hirang.
• Francisco Santiago - Musician - Father of Kundiman
• Francisco Santiago - Romantic in style, incorporating Western forms and Techniques with folk materials.
• Francisco Santiago - Among his famous works are Pakiusap, Madaling Araw, Sakali Man, Hibik ng Pilipinas, Ano Kaya ang Kapalaran, and Kundiman (Anak Dalita).
• Francisco Santiago - Also composed Pilipinas Kong Mahal
• Francisco Santiago - Among the films whose music he supervised are Kundiman, Leron Leron Sinta, Madaling Araw, Manilena, and the movie inspired by his own composition Pakiusap.
• Francisco Santiago - He became the first Filipino Director of the UP Conservatory of Music.
• Molina was a product of both the Romantic and Impressionist schools of thought
• Antonio Molina - "Father of Philippine Impressionist Music,"
• Lucio San Pedro - "Romantic nationalist." He incorporated Philippine folk elements in his compositions with Western forms and harmony.
• Lucio San Pedro - His chords have a rich expressive tonality, as represented in his well-loved Sa Ugoy ng Duyan, a lullaby melody sung by his mother.
• Lucio San Pedro - Integrated indigenous musical forms, conventions, and instruments in his works in the modern nationalistic style.
• Hilarion Rubio Y. Francisco - Music teacher, conductor, and clarinetist 8 6. Hilarion
• Hilarion Rubio Y. Francisco - Started as Bacoor band clarinetist
• Hilarion Rubio Y. Francisco - He served as conductor for opera, ballet, dance recitals, and movie music.
• Col. Antonino Buenaventura - Actively involved with the various military bands and was a music instructor and band conductor of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA).
• Col. Antonino Buenaventura - Promoted Philippine music by extensively using folk materials in his works. An example of his composition was Pandanggo sa law. lyrics by Levi Celerio.
• Rodolfo S. Cornejo - The first Filipino composer who received an honory degree from a government recognized music school in the United States." He was known for his "pianistic and compositional talent" by extemporizing a piano composition at the spur of the moment.
• Felipe Padilla De Leon - Wrote piano compositions, hymns, marches, art songs, chamber music, symphonic poems, overtures, band music, school songs, orchestral works, operas, kundimans and zarsuelas. He was known as a nationalist composer who expressed the Philippines' cultural identity through his compositions.
• Rosendo E. Santos Jr - He was listed in the "New Groves Dictionary of Music and Musicians." A prolific composer, his works include concerti, sonatas, symphonies, symphonic poems, five operas in Philippine dialect, numerous band overtures
• Dr. Alfredo Santos Buenaventura - Composer, conductor and teacher-is among the few composers in the Philippines who composed five full-length operas. He has his own set of ideas about music and composition. He created a combination of contemporary and conventional, kept his melodies simple and understandable, but he used contemporary harmonies to suit the intellectuals.
• Cipriano “Ryan” Cayabyab - Spans both popular and classical worlds with his pop, ballads, operas, zarzuela, orchestral, and choral compositions.
• Cipriano “Ryan” Cayabyab -Among his numerous compositions are the award-winning Kay Ganda ng Ating Musika (1978), as well as the modern zarzuela Alikabok (2003), the opera Spoliarium with libretto by Fides Cuyugan-Asensio, and a variety of choral pieces and song cycles. He also produced a number of recordings, including the memorable album One, where he personally sang the unaccompanied songs on different tracks to produce 16 voices.
•  George Canseco - comissioned by the first lady
• Mutya ng Pasig - Nicanor
• Dadap - Recital Hall in NYC
• Levi Celerio - the only person to make with a mouth-blown leaf
• “Father of Filipino Comics” -  Tony Velasquez
• 2003 Filipino FAMAS Award-winning drama film directed by Maryo J. Delos Reyes
• kay ganda ng ating musika - cayabyab
• Pugad baboy is a filipino comic with political issue