CONTEMPORARY MUSIC :

20TH CENTURY
 LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

AT THE END OF THIS LESSON, YOU SHOULD ABLE TO:

• IDENTIFY THE FAMOUS CONTEMPORARY FILIPINO

COMPOSERS.
• DESCRIBE THE MUSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF
TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE MUSIC
.
• SHOW APPRECIATION OF PHILIPPINE CONTEMPORARY
MUSIC.
 LISTENING ACTIVITY

AUDIO PRESENTATION
IDENTIFY THE TITLE OF
THE FF. SONGS THAT
WILL BE PLAYED.
1. WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT THE
MUSIC THAT YOU’VE HEARD?

2. WHAT IS CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

ACCORDING TO THE SONGS THAT
YOU’VE HEARD? EXPLAIN
CONTEMPORARY MUSIC IN THE PHILIPPINES
REFERS TO COMPOSITIONS THAT HAVE
ADOPTED IDEAS AND ELEMENTS FROM THE
20TH CENTURY ART MUSIC IN THE WEST, AS
WELL AS THE LATEST TRENDS AND MUSICAL
STYLES IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
 A GOOD NUMBER OF THESE WORKS HAVE
UTILIZED THE STANDARD FORMATS OF
CLASSICAL EUROPEAN MUSIC SUCH AS THE
CONCERTO, THE SYMPHONY, THE
SYMPHONIC AND TONE POEMS, CANTATA,
ETC. AND MAY THEREFORE BE BROADLY
CATEGORIZED AS NEO-CLASSIC
·THE MODERN FILIPINO REPERTOIRE CONSISTS OF PIECES
THAT HAVE BEEN WRITTEN IN TWENTIETH CENTURY
IDIOMS THAT HAVE EVOLVED OUT OF SUCH STYLISTIC
MOVEMENTS AS IMPRESSIONISM, EXPRESSIONISM,
NEOCLASSICISM, AS WELL AS THE SO-CALLED AVANT-
GARDE AND NEW MUSIC

 ·AT THE SAME TIME, THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN GREATLY

INFLUENCED BY THE TEXTURAL COLORS OF DEBUSSY’S
MUSIC AND THE AMBIGUOUS AND “DISSONANT”
TONALITIES OF EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXPRESSIONIST
COMPOSITIONS. MOREOVER, THE SOUNDS OF NON-
WESTERN INSTRUMENTS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE
TONAL FABRIC.

 ·WITH SPAIN AND THEN AMERICA HAVING COLONIZED

THE PHILIPPINES FROM THE EARLY 1500S TO THE LATE
1800S, IT WAS AVOIDABLE THAT WESTERN
COMPOSITIONAL TECHNIQUES FOUND THEIR WAY INTO
THE WORKS OF FILIPINO COMPOSERS.

 CONTEMPORARY
PHILIPPINE MUSIC:
20TH CENTURY COMPOSERS
 FRANCISCO B. BUENCAMINO SR.
(1883-1952)

-WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 5, 1883 IN

BULACAN.
-HE STUDIED MUSIC COMPOSITION AND
HARMONY AT LICEO DE MANILA. HE
CREATED THE BUENCAMINO MUSIC
ACADEMY IN 1930 WHERE NICANOR
ABELARDO WAS ONE OF HIS STUDENTS.

 -EXPANDING HIS CAREER, HE VENTURED INTO

MUSICAL DIRECTING AND SCORING , AND
COMPOSING FILM MUSIC FOR SAMPAGUITA
PICTURES, LVN, AND EXCELSIOR.

-BUENCAMINO’S COMPOSITIONS INCLUDE

HARANA, PANDANGGO NI NENENG, COLLAR DE
SAMPAGUITA, DULCES LAS HORAS, MAYON, MY
SOUL’S LAMENT, LARAWAN, MAZURKA
BOHOLANA, MI BANDERA, ANG BAGONG BALITAW,
HIMIG NG NAYON AND PIZZICANTO CAPRICE.
 FRANCISCO S. SANTIAGO (1889-1947)

-FRANCISCO SANTIAGO, PHD WAS BORN

ON JANUARY 29, 1889 IN STA.MARIA,
BULACAN. HE IS KNOWN AS THE “FATHER
OF THE KUNDIMAN” AND BELONGS TO THE
“TRIUMVIRATE OF FILIPINO COMPOSERS
“.
.
 - AMONG HIS FAMOUS WORKS ARE
PAKIUSAP, MADALING ARAW, SAKALI
MAN, HIBIK NG PILIPINAS, ANO KAYA ANG
KAPALARAN, AND KUNDIMAN (ANAK
DALITA).

-HE BECAME THE FIRST FILIPINO

DIRECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE
PHILIPPINES (UP) CONSERVATORY OF
MUSIC. HE DIED ON SEPTEMBR 28, 1947

 NICANOR S. ABELARDO (1893-1934)

- WAS BORN IN SAN MIGUEL DE MAYUMO,

BULACAN ON FEBRUARY 7, 1893.

-HE IS ONE OF THE “TRIUMVIRATE OF

FILIPINO COMPOSERS”. HE STUDIED 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 BESTKNOWN
COMPOSITIONS INCLUDE MUTYA NG
PASIG, NASAAN KA IROG, CAVATINA FOR
VIOLONCELLO, AND MAGBALIK KA
HIRANG. HE ALSO COMPOSED THE
MELODY FOR THE UNIVERSITY’S OFFICIAL
ANTHEM U.P. NAMING MAHAL.

 ANTONIO J. MOLINA (1894-1980)

- WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 26, 1894 IN

QUIAPO, MANILA. HE IS THE FIRST
NATIONAL ARTIST FOR MUSIC. HE IS
CONSIDERED ONE OF THE “TRIUMVIRATE
OF FILIPINO COMPOSERS” HE BEGAN HIS
MUSIC CAREER AS AN ORCHESTRAL
SOLOIST AT THE MANILA GRAND OPERA
HOUSE.

 -HE WENT ON TO SERVE AS DEAN OF THE

CENTRO ESCOLAR UNIVERSITY
CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC FROM 1948 TO
1970.

-HE IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS POIGNANTLY

ROMANTIC SERENADE FOR VIOLIN AND
PIANO HATINGGABI. OTHER WORKS BY
MOLINA INCLUDE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC MISA
ANTONIANA GRAND FESTIVAL MASS, ANG
BATINGAW, KUNDIMAN-KUNDANGAN.

COLONEL ANTONIO R. BUENAVENTURA

(1904-1996)

- WAS BORN ON MAY 4, 1904 IN BALIUAG

-, BULACAN. HE IS A RENOWNED
COMPOSER, CONDUCTOR,AND TEACHER.
HIS FATHER LUCIO WAS THE CHIEF
MUSICIAN OF THE SPANISH ARTILLERY
BAND IN INTRAMUROS AND FOUNDER OF
BANDA BUENAVENTURA.

 -AT THE AGE OF 19, BUENAVENTURA

FURTHER DEVELOPED HIS MUSICAL
ABILITIES AT THE CONSERVATORY OF
MUSIC, UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES.
-BUENAVENTURA WAS ACTIVELY
INVOLVED WITH THE VARIOUS MILITARY
BANDS WHICH ULTIMATELY EARNED HIM
HIS RANK OF COLONEL. A MULTI AWARDED
MUSICIAN, HE COMPOSED MINUET,
MINDANAO SKETCHES, VARIATIONS AND
FUGUE AND GREETINGS.

 RODOLFO S. CORNEJO (1909-1991)

-WAS BORN ON MAY 15, 1909 IN

SINGALONG, MANILA.
-HE PERFORMED ON STAGE AFTER ONLY
TWO YEARS OF MUSIC STUDIES. DURING
THIS TIME, HE WAS ALSO INVITED AS
ORGANIST OF THE PASAY CATHOLIC
CHURCH.

-HIS FIRST COMPOSITION AT THE AGE OF 10 WAS

A PIANO PIECE ENTITLED GLISSANDO WALTZ. IT
WAS FOLLOWED THREE YEARS LATER BY A
MILITARY MARCH ENTITLED SALUTE. CORNEJO
WAS THE SOLOIST OF THE MANILA SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA, THE FILIPINAS YOUTH SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA, AND THE UP-SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA.

-HE WROTE OVER 300 COMPOSITIONS RANGING

FROM CLASSICAL TO POP. AMONG THESE WERE A
LA JUVENTUD FILIPINA, BAILES DE AYER, AND
CHRIST THE REDEEMER.
 FELIPE P. DE LEON SR. (1912-1992)

-WAS BORN ON MAY 1, 1912 IN PENARANDA,

NUEVA ECIJA. KNOWN AS A NATIONALIST
COMPOSER WHO EXPRESSED THE PHILIPPINES
CULTURAL IDENTITY THROUGH HIS
COMPOSITION.

 -HE WROTE PIANO COMPOSITIONS , HYMNS,

MARCHES, ART SONG, CHAMBER MUSIC,
SYMPHONIC POEMS, OVERTURES, BAND MUSIC,
SCHOOL SONGS, ORCHESTRAL WORKS, OPERAS,
KUNDIMAN, AND ZARZUELAS.

-HIS TWO OPERAS, NOLI ME TANGERE AND EL

FILIBUSTERISMO, ARE CONSIDERED HIS
MASTERPIECES. HE IS A NATIONAL ARTIST FOR
MUSIC.

 LUCIO D. SAN PEDRO (1913-2002)

-WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 11, 1913 IN ANGONO,

RIZAL.
-HE STARTED COMPOSING AS EARLY AS HIS
ELEMENTARY DAYS. HE LATER PURSUED HIS MUSIC
DEGREE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES
AND THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL IN NEW YORK. SAN
PEDRO IS KNOWN AS A “ROMANTIC
NATIONALIST”.

 -HE INCORPORATED PHILIPPINE FOLK

ELEMENTS IN HIS COMPOSITIONS WITH
WESTERN FORMS TO CREATE HIGHLY TONAL
MELODY AND RICH EXPRESSIVE HARMONIES.

 ROSENDO E. SANTOS JR (1922-1994)

-WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 3, 1922 IN

CARIDAD, CAVITE CITY. AT AGE 11, HE
STARTED COMPOSING BAND MARCHES ,
INSTRUMENTAL AND VOCAL SCORES.
-AS A UNESCO SCHOLAR, SANTOS WAS
AWARDED THE “PHILIPPINE COMPOSER OF
THE CENTURY”.

 -A PROLIFIC COMPOSER WHOSE WORKS

INCLUDE CONCERTI, SONATAS,
SYMPHONIES, SYMPHONIC POEMS, FIVE
OPERAS IN A PHILIPPINE DIALECT,
NUMEROUS BAND OVERTURES, AND OVER
200 MARCHES.

-HE ALSO WROTE 50 MASSES IN LATIN AND

20 IN ENGLISH.

ALFREDO S. BUENAVENTURA (BORN 1929)

-COMPOSER, CONDUCTOR, AND A
TEACHER, WAS BORN IN STA. MARIA,
BULACAN ON OCTOBER 14, 1929.

-A PROLIFIC COMPOSER, HE HAS

COMPOSED OVER 50 MAJOR WORKS
INCLUDING FIVE FULL LENGTH OPERAS,
OPERETTAS, DANCE DRAMA, CANTATAS,
SYMPHONIES, CONCERTI, BALLETS,
OVERTURES, PRELUDES, FUGUES, AND
CHAMBER MUSIC.
ALFREDO S. BUENAVENTURA (BORN 1929)
-COMPOSER, CONDUCTOR, AND A
TEACHER, WAS BORN IN STA. MARIA,
BULACAN ON OCTOBER 14, 1929.

-AMONG BUENAVENTURA’S WORKS ARE

MARIA MAKILING(1961), DIEGO
SILANG(1966), AND PRINSESA URDUJA
(1969).

 RAYMUNDO CIPRIANO “RYAN” P.

CAYABYAB (BORN 1954)

-WAS BORN ON MAY 4, 1954 IN MANILA. A

CONTEMPORARY COMPOSER AND
CONDUCTOR WHO SPANS BOTH POPULAR
AND CLASSICAL WORLDS WITH HIS POP
MUSIC, BALLADS, OPERAS, ZARAUELAS,
ORCHESTRAL ARRANGEMENTS, MASSES,
PSALMS, AND CHORAL COMPOSITIONS.

 RAYMUNDO CIPRIANO “RYAN” P.

CAYABYAB (BORN 1954)

-AMONG THESE ARE THE AWARD WINNING

KAY GANDA NG ATING MUSIKA , THE
MODERN ZARZUELA ALIKABOK AND THE
OPERA SPOLIARIUM WITH LIBRETTO BY
FIDES CUYUGAN-ASENSIO.
-HIS COMPOSITIONS ARE MOSTLY OF
TRADITIONAL WESTERN INFLUENCE

 RAYMUNDO CIPRIANO “RYAN” P.

CAYABYAB (BORN 1954)

-AMONG THESE ARE THE AWARD WINNING

KAY GANDA NG ATING MUSIKA , THE
MODERN ZARZUELA ALIKABOK AND THE
OPERA SPOLIARIUM WITH LIBRETTO BY
FIDES CUYUGAN-ASENSIO.
-HIS COMPOSITIONS ARE MOSTLY OF
TRADITIONAL WESTERN INFLUENCE

HILARION FRANCISCO RUBIO (1902-1985)

-HE WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 21, 1902 IN

BACOOR, CAVITE.
-A COMPOSER, MUSIC TEACHER,
CONDUCTOR, AND CLARINETTIST, HE
CREATED SUBSTANTIAL WORKS FOR THE
ORCHESTRA.
HE SERVED AS CONDUCTOR FOR OPERA,
BALLET, DANCE, RECITALS, AND MOVIE
MUSIC
 POST ASSESSMENT:
READ THE QUESTIONS CAREFULLY AND WRITE THE LETTER OF YOUR ANSWER IN YOUR MUSIC
NOTEBOOK.
1. HE STUDIED MUSIC COMPOSITION AND HARMONY AT LICEO DE MANILA.
A. FRANCISCO BUENCAMINO SR. C. ANTONIO MOLINA
B. NICANOR ABELARDO D. FRANCISCO SANTIAGO

2. HE IS KNOWN AS THE” FATHER OF KUNDIMAN”

A. NICANOR ABELARDO C. ANTONIO MOLINA
B. FRANCISCO SANTIAGO D. HILARION RUBIO

3. HE BEGAN HIS MUSIC CAREER AS AN ORCHESTRAL SOLOIST AT THE MANILA GRAND OPERA HOUSE
A. ANTONIO MOLINA C. NICANOR ABELARDO
B. FELIPE DE LEON D. HILARION RUBIO

4. HE DEVELOPED A STYLE THAT COMBINED EUROPEAN ROMANTICISM WITH CHROMATICISM.

A. ANTONIO MOLINA C. NICANOR ABELARDO
B. FELIPE DE LEON D. HILARION RUBIO
 5. HE SERVED AS CONDUCTOR FOR OPERA, BALLET, DANCE RECITALS AND MOVIE MUSIC.
A. ANTONIO MOLINA C. NICANOR ABELARDO
B. HILARION RUBIO D. FELIPE DE LEON

6.HE IS A RENOWNED COMPOSER, CONDUCTOR, AND A TEACHER.

A. HILARION RUBIO C. NICANOR ABELARDO
B. COL. ANTONIO BUENAVENTURA D. LEVI CELERIO

7. HE WAS THE SOLOIST OF THE MANILA SYMPHONY AND THE FILIPINAS YOUTH SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA.
A. DR. RODOLFO CORNEJO C. NICANOR ABELARDO
B. FELIPE DE LEON D. LEVI CELERIO

8. A COMPOSER, CONDUCTOR, AND A TEACHER, WAS BORN IN STA. MARIA BULACAN.

A. ALFREDO BUENAVENTURA C. NICANOR ABELARDO
B. ROSENDO SANTOS D. LUCIO SAN PEDRO
 9. AS A UNESCO SCHOLAR HE WAS AWARDED THE “PHILIPPINE COMPOSER OF THE CENTURY”.
A. ALFREDO BUENAVENTURA C. NICANOR ABELARDO
B. ROSENDO SANTOS D. FELIPE DE LEON

10. A CONTEMPORARY COMPOSER AND CONDUCTOR WHO SPANS BOTH POPULAR AND CLASSICAL
WORLDS WITH HIS POP MUSIC, OPERAS, ZARZUELA AND ORCHESTRAL ARRANGEMENT.
A. LUCIO SAN PEDRO C. RYAN CAYABYAB
B. ROSENDO SANTOS D. ALFREDO BUENAVENTURA
 LEARNING TASK 3: AUDIO-LISTENING ACTIVITY
THE TEACHER WILL PLAY A SONG ENTITLED “MGA ANGHEL NA WALANG
LANGIT” BY RESTITUTO UMALI AND LET THE LEARNERS WRITE ON A
SHORT BONDPAPER THEIR INTERPRETATION OF THIS SONG. THEY CAN
ALSO INTERPRET THE MUSIC IN A FORM OF ART.

RUBRICS FOR SCORING THEIR INTERPRETATION

CONTEXT AND INTERPRETATION = 10 POINTS
CREATIVITY = 10 POINTS
TIMELINESS = 5 POINTS
RELEVANCE = 5 POINTS
TOTAL = 30 POINTS
 ASSIGNMENT

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS. RESEARCH ADDITIONAL

IDEAS ABOUT PHILIPPINE CONTEMPORARY MUSIC. WRITE YOUR
ANSWER ON YOUR NOTEBOOK.

LIST FILIPINO CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL COMPOSER IN THE

21ST CENTURY.
 REFLECTION:

TELL THE LEARNERS TO WRITE IN THEIR JOURNAL THEIR

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S LESSON.

I UNDERSTAND THAT ____________________ .

I REALIZED THAT ____________________ .