Green Valley Academy

Green Valley Academy Subdivision

Molino III, Bacoor City, Cavite

THIRD QUARTER
MODULE 2
MUSIC 10

Ms. Diana N. Villasanta

TEACHER
M & W (2:00 -3:00 pm)
Lesson 2: Modern Filipino
Musician and
Songwriter
Objectives
At the end of the lesson, the students are expected to:
 Describe contemporary Philippine music
 Identify the different national artists for music in the Philippines.
 Enumerate modern Filipino musician and songwriter

Lesson Proper
Jerry A. Dadap
Jerry A. Dadap was born on 5 November
1935 in Hinunangan, Southern Leyte. He was
born to his mother’s musical clan, to the best
trombone player. Castro Amber who is his uncle,
and his elder as his actual music trainer.
He started composing when he was
studying in Siliman. Which include aslo solos
songs and choral pieces which shows the
influence in him of his mother’s singing and his
church activities. Back in Manila, he became a
member of UP ROTC Band where he was at first
assigned to play percussion and later learned
trombone. He taught at the Ramon Magsaysay
High School in Cubao.

Dadap earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Music (composition) at the

University of the Philippine Conservatory of Music in 1964, and his Post-
graduate Diploma in Composition at the Mannes College of Music, New York
in 1971. In 1968 Dadap went to the US on study-observation grant from the
Music Promotion Foundation of the Philippines. He held a full scholarship grant
from United Presbyterian Church of USA FROM 1969 TO 1971.Dadap is the
first Filipino composer to conduct his works at the Carnegie Recital Hall in New
York in 1971. Upon his return to the Philippines in 1971, he taught composition,
ear training, and orchestration at the Sta. Isabel College of Music in Manila.
Among his works are:
  The Passionate and the Wild (1960),
 Mangamuyo I (1976),
 Mangamuyo I (1977),
 The redemption (1974)
 Five Little Fingers (1975), tubig ng buhay (1986) and
 Dakilang Pagpapatawad (1986)
His major work as composer-conductor was performed at the concert
“LAHI” that featured works by the major composer in town. Among his awards
are:
 Second Place, National Symphonic Poems Compositions
Contest sponsored by the UST Conservatory of Music Alumni
Association, 1960.
 Citation as Outstanding Musician, Committee on Annual
Awards, UP 1960,
 First Prize, National Rondalla Composition Contest, sponsored
by the Manila Times Publishing Company, 1967.
 International Awardee, Distinguished Service Award Medal from
the International Order of Demolay (for composition of the
Demolay Hymn), 1968.
 Award for Meritorious Achievement in the Field of Music, as an
Outstanding Son of the Province of the Southern Leyte, 1968.
 Composer of the Moth DZFE, May 1968.
 Southern Leyte Club Award. 1974.

Jonas Baes
Was born in 1961 in Binan, Laguna and
studied composition with Ramon Pagayon
Santos at the University of the Philippine
Diliman in Quezon City from 1977 to 1982,
where he earned his Bachelor in Music. He
also studied musicology with Jose Maceda
from 1982-85 and composition and musical
politics with Matias. Spahlinger at the
Hochshule. He finished his PhD in Filipino
studies at the University of the Philippines
Diliman in 2004 with his dissertation, Modes of
Appreciation of Indigenous Music Politics of the
Production Cultural Difference.
 His award include: the CCP-LFC Compositions prize (1980, for Awit
Ibon) and three awards from the chancellor, which earned him the Hall of Fame
award of the University of the Philippine, entitled Gawad Chancellor para sa
Pinakamahusay na Mananaliksik (2001-03). He later received the Nippon
Foundation Senior for Public Intellectuals (2008-09)
As an ethnomusicologist he has undertaken much research into Filipino
music and has written extensively about it in articles for publications in Australia
Germany, South Korea, the UK and the USA. He contributed articles on the
politics of Filipino music to:
1. Perfect Beat: The Pacific Journal of Research on Contemporary
1998, 2001-02, Macquaric University, Sydney) and

2. Changing Sounds: New Directions and Configurations in

Popular Music (2002-03, edited by Toni Mitchell. He also wrote articles
on Jose Maceda and Ramon Pagayon Santos for Komponisten der
Gegenwart (2000-03, edited by Walter-Wolfgang Sparrer, editions text
article Mangyan Internal Reugees and Spaces pof Low-Intensity Conflict
in the Philipinnes for the journal SHIMA: The International Journal of
Research into Island Cultures Research Initiative, Macquarie
University). He taught analysis and compositions at the University of the
Philippine Diliman since 1996, he has lectured in Germany, Indonesia,
Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Taiwa, Thailand, the USA, and Vietnam.

Constancio De Guzman
Constancio de Guzman studied piano and composition under Nicanor
Abelardo. His father sent to law school, but he switched to commerce and
finished business administration in1931. After he took the CPA board exams,
he started working in the movies. His “accidental” hit, Panaginip, paved the way
for him to record hundreds pf songs, principally under Villar Records and
Columbia Record. Some of De Guzman’s notable compositions are:
 Maalaala Mo Kaya
 Paalam
 Walang Kamatayn
 Ang Langit Ko’y Ikaw
 Bayan Ko
 Bulung-Bulungan
 Hinihintay Kita
 Irog ng Buhay
 Babablik Ka rin
 Ang tangi Kong Pag-ibig
 Birheng Walang Dambana
Miguel “Mike” Velarde, Jr.
Mike Velarde was born in Manila o 23 October
1913. His parents were Dr. Miguel and Dolores
Velarde. He grew up in Zambaonga and Basilan and
his mother was his first music teacher. He was a class
valedictorian in high school and a member of the
school orchestra.
He took up medicine at the University of the
Philippine but did not finish it instead he studied music
under Dr. Antonio Molina and Ariston Avelino. He
worked in the radio station in programs such as:
 Sunrise Programs, and
 Stardust Program
He opened a jazz school and became song editor for the Philippine Free
Press. He also became the musical director of the Avenue Theater.
He was also a movie actor and stares in movies which include:
 Milagro ng Nazareno (1935)
 Bituing Marikit (1938)
 Lago: na kuwintas (1938)
 Pasang Krus (1939)
 Niña Bonita (1940)
His composition include:
 Ugoy-Ugoy Blues, 1935
 Ikaw (from Milagro ng Nazareno), 1935
 Dahil Sa Iyo (from Bituing Marikit). 1938
 Habang May Buhay (from Lagot na Kuwintas), 1938
 Lahat ng Araw (from Pasang Krus), 1939
 Dating Sumpaan (from Ang Dating Sumpaan), 1939
 Minamahal Kita (from Niña Bonita), 1940
Ernani Cuenco
He was born on May 10, 1936 in Malolos,
Bulacan. He was a Filipino composer, film scorer,
musical director, and music teacher. He wrote an
outstanding and memorable body of works that resonate
with Filipino sense of musicality and which body an
ingenious voice that raises the aesthetic dimensions of
contemporary Filipino music. Cuenco played with the
Filipino Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Manila
Symphony Orchestra from 1960 to 1968, and the Manila
chamber Soloist from 1966 to 1970. He completed a
music degree in piano and cello from the University of
Santo Tomas where he also taught for decades until his
death in 1988.
His song writing credits include
 Nahan, Kahit na Magtiis
 Diligin Mo ng Hamog ang Uhaw na Lupa
 Pilipinas
 Inang Bayan
 Isang Dlangin
 Kalesa
 Bato sa Buhangin
 Gaano Kita Kamahal
The latter song show how Cuenco enriched the Filipino love ballad by adding
the elements of kundiman to it.

Levi Celerio
Was born on April 30, 1910 in Tondo, Manila to
parents that hailed from Baliuag, Bulacan. He received a
scholarship grant to the academy of music in Manila and
became the youngest member of the Manila Symphony
Orchestra. He wrote several songs for local movies, which
earned for him the lifetime Achievement Award of the Film
Academy of the Philippines. Celerio has written lyrics for
more than 4, 000 Filipino folk songs, Christmas, and love
songs, including many that became movie titles.

Known for being a good lyricist, his songs cherish life, convey
nationalistic sentiments and utter grand philosophies. Among them are
popular pieces, which many consider to be immortal
 Celerio, for a time, was also recognized by the Guinness Book of World
Records as the only man who could play music with leaf. Because of his talent
Celerio was invited to The Mary Griffin Show, where he played All the Things You
Are with 39 musicians. Using his leaf, Levi wowed the crowd and got the attentions
of the Guinnes Book of World Records. The book later listed the entry. “The only
leaf player in the world is in the Philippines”. He would also later appear on That’s
Incredible.

On October 9, 1997, pursuant to proclamation No. 1114, President Fidel V.

Ramos proclaimed him a National Artist for Music and Literature. His citation read
that music “was a perfect embodiment of the heartfelt sentiments and valued
traditions of the Filipino.
Restituto “Restie” Umali
Was born in Paco, Manila on 10 June 1916.
He was the second child of Benidicto Umali and
Eulogia Aquino. His early exposure to music was
due to the influence of his father who has taught
him how to play the violin. Restie’s childhood was
also influenced by the regular family rondalla. He
was properly exposed to music techniques such
as solfeggio and score-at the Mapa High School,
having been influenced his family’s rondalla, he
became an active member of the school glee club
and the school orchestra.

He studied at the Jose Rizal College (JRC), wherein he earned a Bachelor

of Science Degree in Commerce. He was later composed to ‘pop’ tunes during his
performance with both Mapa Orchestra and JRC Band and earned extra money
performance doing band arrangements of various songs and pieces as well as
composing short school songs. He also played double-bass professionally for radio
programs and also for the dance orchestra of the Army and Navy Club. When
World War II broke out, he began arranging for and conducting musical groups for
stage shows and dance halls.
He then took formal lesson in Harmony, to broaden his musical horizon,
under Felipe P. De Leon. He became a volunteer instructor teaching the double-
bass at the University of the Philippines (UP). While at UP he took courses in
compositions and conducting. His mentors included Antonio Buenaventura,
Bernardino Custodio, Lucio San Pedro, Ramon Tapales, and Lucresia Kailag. In
1957, he also became a “ghost writer” for some movies that lasted for 14 years. In
1959, he eventually lost his anonymity and introduced himself as the musical
director or movie scorer for the movie Cry Freedom. This set the path towards
winning his first FAMA award in 1964.
Some of his compositions are:
 Romance, 1953
 Filipian Medley Overture
 Medley for Philippine Arts
 Ang Kiri
 Sa Lahat sa Akin, 1969
 Sa Araw ng Kasal, 1970
 Dearest Forever, 1971
 Sa Pagitan ng Dalawang Langit, 1974
 Lupang Pangarap, 1975
Some of his Awards are:
 First Prize, Philippine Independence Hymn Contest, 1947
 FAMAS Best Music Award for “ Sa Bawa’t Pintig ng Puso” 1964
 FAMAS Best Music Award for “Pinagbuklod ng Langit” 1969
 Manila Film Festival Best Music award for “Bitter Sweet,” 1969
 FAMAS Best Music Award for “Mga Anghel na Walang Langit,”
1970
 FAMAS Best Music Award for “Ang Alamat,” 1973
 Olongapo Film Festival Best Music award for “Ang Aguila at ang
Araw” 1973

Angel Matias Peña

Was born to a musical family on April 22, 1921. His
mother, Rosario Velarde Matias, a school teacher taught
him solfeggio. His father, Gregorio Cid Peña, Played the
violin, and his grandfather was handy with the guitar. He
grew up in Malabon which that time was famous for its
musicians and marching bands.
Peña wrote his first original jazz composition just
before the World War II erupted. He also wrote kundimans
for the young women he would be courting. He had also switched from guitar to
bass, leading to writing orchestral background music for many musical ensembles
and musical scores for film companies, most notable LVN Pictures. Peña’s interest
in classical composition grew intense and so in 1956, he performed a big band for
the Upsilon Sigma Phi’s traditional concert at the University of the Philippines,
where he composed “Bagbagtulambing” landmark in Filipino music.
In 1959, the University of Santo Tomas launched a national symphonic
composition contest open to all Filipino composer. Peña’s entry “Igorot Rhapsody
won the first prize the following year. In the mid-1960’s during his 3-year stint in
Hongkong, he earned a Licentiate with the Royal School of Music in London, which
is equivalent to a music degree. His biography and works are cited in the
Encyclopedia of the Philippine Music and Arts, Cultural Center of the Philippines.
In 1969, Peña auditioned for the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra and was
immediately accepted as bassist and later as arranger. He would spend the next
28 years in Hawaii. As farewell homage, the Manila Symphony Orchestra
performed his “Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra.” In 1981, on the occasion
of the 75th anniversary of Filipino presence in Hawaii, the Honolulu Symphony
premiered his “Concerto for Jazz Quartet and Orchestra” with all-star Filipino jazz
quartet.
In 1998, a house resolution from the state of Hawaii’s House of
Representatives was passed, honoring Peña for his contributions in the field of
music as a world renowned jazz, musical arranger, and Hawaii’s own living
classical composer. The Jazz society of the Philippine-USA gave him a Lifetime
Achievement Award at the Third Annual Fil-Am Jazz Festival in Hollywood.
Santiago Suarez
Santiago Suarez was born on 1901 in Sampaloc, Manila. He learned how to play
the piano from his grandmother who was a competent harpist. His grand father knew how
to play the flute. Santiago attended the UP Conservatory of Music and Ateneo de Manila
in Intamuros aside from taking private lesson from Cayetano Jacobe, Perdro Floriaga,
and Nicanor Abelardo.

Leopoldo Silos, Sr.

Was a Filipino music composer. A master musician arranger. Silos composed and
recorded romantic songs, famous of which were two of his well known hita, “Dahil Sa
Isang Bulaklak” (Because of One Flower) and “Hindi Kita Malimot” (I can’t Forget You).
He also has the award winning musical direction of the television musical, “Aawitan Kita”,
as outstanding achievement to his credit. Among his famous composition are:
As singer:

 Alinlangan (Doubtful)
 D’yos lamang ang Nakakaalam (Only God Knows)
 Iniibig Kita
 Irog Ako ay Mahalin
 Kaputol ang Lumipas
 Kung Ikaw ay Mahal
  Magandang Bituin
 Magkaibang Daigdig
 Palibhasa’y Lupa
 Minamahal, Sinasamba

As a Composer:
 Aling Kutsero
 Ay, Anong Saklap
 D’yos Lamang ang Nakakaalam (Only God Knows)
 Dahil Sa Isang Bulaklak
 Di Magtataksil
 Golpe de Gulat
 Halina Halina
 Hindi Ko Malilimutan
 Huwag Kang Titingin Sa Iyong Likuran (Don’t Look Back)
 Ito Kaya ay Pagmamahal? (Can This Be Love?)
 Lagi Kitang Naaalala
 Langit sa Lupa
 Lihim Na Pag-ibig
 Mundo Ma’y Mawla
 O pag-Ibig na hindi Ko Maiwasan

As arranger:

 Ako’y Babalik
 Awit ng Aking Pagibig
 Awit ng Pagmamahal

Activity 1
Identify the following composer and songwriters

1. Jerry Dadap

2. Jonas Baes
3. Constancio de Guzman

4. Mike Velarde

5. Ernani Cuenco

6. Levi Celerio

7. Resti Umali

8. Angel Matias Pena

9. Santiago Suarez

10. Leopoldo Silos Sr.