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MUSIC
Quarter 3
PHILIPPINE CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
LAS 1.2: New Music Composers
Grade 10 Music Quarter 3
CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE COMPOSER
Learning Activity Sheet 1.2: New Music Composers

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Development Team of the Module

Writer : ANA DONNA Q. BONGALOS, T-I, VPHS

Editor : FERDINAND B. LAMADRID, HT-III, VPHS

Reviewers : NELSON R. GOMEZ, EPS, SDO

Illustrator : ANA DONNA Q. BONGALOS, T-I, VPHS

Layout Artist: ANA DONNA Q. BONGALOS, T-I, VPHS

 LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET No. 1.2

Name of Student
Learning Area/Grade MUSIC 10
Level
Date

I. Introductory Concept

According to National Artist Ramon Santos, PhD, “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.”

The modern Filipino repertoire consists of musical pieces that have been written
in 20th century idioms that have evolved out of such stylistic movements as
impressionism, expressionism, neo-classicism, as well as avant garde and new music.

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.

II. Learning Skills from the MELC’s

Narrates the life of selected contemporary Filipino composers (MU10CM-IIIc-g-3)

Objectives:

At the end of this learning activity sheet, you should be able to:

1. Read the biographies of selected Filipino contemporary composers through

internet or different books.
2. To recognize the works of selected Filipino composers.
3. Analyze the elements that had been used in the works of selected Filipino
contemporary composers
VOCABULARIES

ELEMENTS OF MUSIC:
1. DYNAMICS-Elements of Music that refers to loudness and softness of sounds.
2. TIMBRE- the quality of musical sound or voice
3. PITCH- it is the highness or lowness of sound.
4. MELODY- the horizontal succession of notes written or performed in a
recognizable shape
5. TEMPO- the speed at which music is played, often indicated on written
compositions by a descriptive or metronome mark.
6. HARMONY- vertical arrangement and simultaneous sound production of notes
that blend into a chord.
7. FORM- it is the overall structure of a musical composition

III. Activities

Composers of experimental New Music in the Philippines include Jose Maceda,

Lucrecia Kasilag, Ramon Santos, Manuel Maramba, Jerry Dadap, Francisco
Feliciano, Josefino “Chino” Toledo, and Jonas Baes. They retained the Filipino spirit by
incorporating traditional music forms as well as indigenous rhythms and instruments in their
compositions.

Activity #1: READING TIME!

Procedure: Read the following biographies of the following Filipino

contemporary composers through browsing the internet or books and answer the
following questions in your notebook:

1. JOSE MACEDA

• National Artist for Music

• He wrote the following songs such as Ugma-ugma,
Agungan, Pagsamba and Ugnayan
• The first Filipino avant-garde composer
• He embarked his life’s work, dedicated to the
understanding and preservation of Filipino traditional music
2. LUKRESIA KASILAG
• National Artist for Music
• She wrote Toccata for percussion and winds,
The Legend of Sarimanok, Divertissement, and
Concerante.
• She had also written compositions for piano and
orchestra combining Western and Eastern forms,
harmonies and intervals and Dularawan.
• President and Music Director of Bayanihan
dance troupe
• Served as Chairman of Asian Composers’
League and League of Filipino Composers.

3.RAMON P. SANTOS, Ph.D.

• National Artist for Music
• Doctor of Philosophy
He composed Ding Ding Nga Diyawa, Nabasag na
Banga at Iba’t iba pang Pinag-ugpong-ugpong na
Pananalita sa Wikang Pilipino para sa Labing anim
na Tinig and L’bad.
He had done extensive research on the Gamelan
music of Java as well as the Traditional Music of the
Ibaloi, Maranao, Mansaka, Bontoc, Yakan and
Boholano. Dean of UP College of Music from 1978-
1988.

4. FR, MANUEL MARAMBA, OS

• Former director of Paul VI Institute of Liturgy in
Malaybalay, Bukidnon
• Prominent Canon Lawyer
• Served on the National Appellate Matrimonial
Tribunal
• He composed operas like Aba! Santo Nino, La
Naval, and Lord Takayama Ukon.
• Other major compositions are the music for
Awakening which was commissioned by Ballet
Philippines and Music for Philippine Ballet and the
Mass in Honor of Sto. Nino, three masses---Papal Mass for World Youth
Day 1995, Mass in Honor of St. Lorenzo Ruiz and Mass in Honor of Sto.
Nino, Three Cantatas, Official Hymn of 1996 National Eucharistic
Congress, a Sarzuela entitled Ang Sarswela sa San Salvador and Three
Orchestral works.
 5. JERRY DADAP
• First Filipino composer to conduct his own
works at Carnegie Recital Hall in New York City.
• Among his numerous compositions are The
Passionate and the Wild, Mangamuyo I and II,
Redemption, Five Little Fingers, Tubig ng Buhay,
Dakilang Pagpapatawad, Andres Bonifacio, Ang
Dakilang Anak Pawis, Ang Pag ibig ng Diyos,
Balitaw Nos. 1-3 and Diyos Ama ay Purihin.

6. FRANCISCO FELICIANO
• National Artist for Music
• Avant-garde composer
• Served as musical director of “Ang Bukas ay
Atin”
• He composed more than 30 major works
including musical dramas “Sikhay sa Kabila ng
Paalam”, “Ashen Wings” and the monumental
three-act opera “La Loba Negra”.
• He wrote music for the orchestra such as
Prelude and Toccata, Fragments, Life of Wartime
Filipino Hero Jose Abad Santos and The Ballet
Yerma.
• Other Large works: Transfiguration, Missa
Mysterium, Pokpok Alimpako, Salimbayan,
Umiinog, Walang Tinag
• Latest Choral Works: Pamugun, Restless
• Given a John D. Rockefeller III award in Music
Composition
Questions:

1. While you were reading the biographies of the said composers, what did you
realized?
2. What are the most important information that you had gathered or had written in
your notebook while reading the biographies of the said composers?
3. Why is it important to learn about the lives of these composers? How are their
works affect our music in all aspect?
4. As a student, what will you do in order to convince your fellow students to listen to
the works of the composers mentioned above and why?
Activity 2. LET’S DO THE MUSIC THEORY!
Materials needed:
1. Paper and pencil/pen
2. Sample mp3 of the following song: Agungan, Pamugun, and L’bad (They can
search the songs on www.youtube.com)

Procedure:
On your notebook, write your analysis of the different sample songs through the following
elements that had been used:

ELEMENTS OF AGUNGAN PAMUGUN L’BAD

MUSIC
TEMPO:
Was it fast, slow or
moderate?
MELODY:
Was it high, low or
just the right pitch?
METER:
Is it in duple, triple or
quadruple meter?
TIMBRE:
Is it dark or light?
TEXTURE:
How did it sound
like?
FORM:
What is the form of
music? Is it Binary,
ternary or rondo?

Activity #3: VIDEO PRESENTATION!

Materials Needed:
Different videos of the selected Filipino contemporary composers

Procedure:
Create a simple video collage/video presentation that will narrate the life of any of the
following contemporary composers:
1. JOSE MACEDA
2. LUCRECIA KASILAG
3. RAMON SANTOS
4. MANUEL MARAMBA
5. JERRY DADAP
6. FRANCISCO FELICIANO
The video must not exceed to 3 minutes.
You can send your output to your teacher through flash drive or email

IV. Rubric for Scoring.

For Activity #3:
Content - 10 points
Creativity - 10 points
How well did
the video
communicate the message - 10 points
Setting the expected time - 10 points
Submission within the specified time - 10 points
TOTAL - 50 POINTS

V. Answer Key
Answers may vary

VI. References

HORIZONS Grade 10 Teacher’s Guide

Music and Arts Appreciation for Young Filipinos

HORIZONS Grade 10 Learner’s Manual

Music and Arts Appreciation for Young Filipinos