Mapeh

• Religious music

  • Ave Maria
  • Flores de Maria
  • O Salutaris Hostia
• Ave Maria


  Commonly sung by a female voice or sung by a tenor or baritone with piano or harmonium accompaniment
• Flores de Maria


  Arranged for three voices with organ or harmonium accompaniments
• O Salutaris Hostia


  Arranged for multiple voices with full orchestral accompaniment
• Berso Golpeado


  A traditional greeting song of the Ibanags
• Kumintang


  Originally a war song but later developed into an ancient native dance and melody in triple time
• Balitaw


  A song and dance common among the Tagalogs
• Kundiman


  The most typical love song of the Filipinos
• Categories of vocal music

  • Indigenous Music
  • Spanish Colonial
  • American Influence
• Vocal genres of indigenous music


  • Epic stories about gods and heroes
  • Work songs about planting, harvesting, fishing
  • Courting songs
  • Children's songs
  • Mourning songs
  • Ritual songs seeking for blessings or to drive away bad spirits
  • Songs to celebrate every occasion-wedding, birth, victory in war or settling disputes
• Examples of Spanish colonial music

  • Ave Maria
  • Flores de Mayo
  • O Salutaris
• Secular genres of Spanish colonial music

  • Berse
  • Kumintang
  • Balitao
  • Kurido