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Antonino R. Buenaventura
Antonino Buenaventura, together
with Francisca Reyes Aquino, National
Artist for danced researched on and
popularized Philippine folk song and
dances in 1935. He wrote songs and
musical arrangement based on the
folk songs of different ethnic group in the country. Included in his work are
several marches and symphonic and orchestral music composition. His not
able marches include History and Fantasy, Triumphal March, Echoes of the
past, Second
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Symphony in E-flat, Ode to Freedom, and Echoes

from the Philippines while his known Orchestral
music composition includes prelude and Fugue in G
minor, Philippine Triumphant, Symphony in C minor,
Mindanao Sketches, and Concert Overtune.
Buenaventura was also the conductor of the
Philippine Army Band that brought back th band's
prestige as one of the worlds best military bands.
With his lead, the Philippine Army was tagged as
"the only band that can sound like a symphony
orchestra."
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Jose Maceda
Jose Maceda's life-long career
focused on understanding and
popularizing Filipino Traditional
music. He conducted researches and
fieldworks on traditional music
which resulted in his wide array of
recorded music from the different part of the country. His papers led to
the understanding and appreciation of the
ethnic and traditional music of the Philippines locally and internationally.
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Apart from conducting researches he

also wrote some compositions inspired
by traditional music. His major works
include Ugma-ugma, Pagsamba, Udlot-
udlot, Kubing, Agungan, Aroding, Ading,
Siasid and Suling-suling.
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Lucrecia R. Kasilag
Lucrecia R. Kasilag reinforces the
Filipino's appreciation to music by
fusing Western influeces to Philippine
ethnic music. She integrated ethnic
instruments in her orchestral
productions like "Toccata for
Percussion and Wind, Divertissement and Concertante", Filiasiana, De
Profundis, and Misang Pilipino. Her other works include Legend of the
Sarimanok, Philippine scene, Her son, Ang Panama, Jose, Sisa, Awit ng
mga awit Psamls, Fantasie on
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4 Note Theme, and East Meet Jazz

Ethnika. Also, kasilag was the music
director of the bayanihan Dance
Company. Together with other artist,
she made the group one of the finest
cultural dance group in the
Philippines.
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Ernani J. Cuenco
One of the remarkable singer,
composer, film scorer, and musician
in his time. Many of his songs etched
a mark in the hearts of the Filipinos
due to his style of incorporating
Kundiman elements in his ballad love
songs. Many of his work served as a theme songs and musical scores for
numerous Filipino movies that led to his fame. Some of his popular works
include Bato sa Buhangin, Bulong sa Puso, Kalesa, Gano kita kamahal,
Diligent mo ng Hamog ang
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Uhaw na Lupa, Nahan, Kahit na Magtiis, Cuenco collaborated with Celerio

another National Artist for Music, in composing and adding lyrics to most
of his musical compositions used in the films. Also before entering the
movie world, Check was a cellist for five years in the Manila Symphony
Orchestra and a soloist for two years in the Manila Chamber of Orchestra.
He was also a professorin the Unibersity of Santo Tomas.
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Lucio San Pedro

He is a master composer
known for creatively sing folk idioms
in his musical compositions. Unlike
other artist, he did not incorporate
folk song materials in his work.
Instead, he extracted the Filipino
essence and style from the folk materials and used them in his
compositions. His music has this effect of bringing a sense of identity of
the Filipinos. He produced numerous works like songs, orchestral
composition, chamber music, and cantatas.
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Some of his famous songs include Sa Ugoy ng Duyan,

Lula; choral compositions include Eastern Cantata, Sa
Mahal Kong Bayan; orchestral works include The
Devil's Bridge, Malakas at Maganda Overture, Hope
and Ambition; and band musical compositions
include Dance of Fairies, and Lahing Kayumanggi.
Moreover, Maestro Lucio San Pedro was the
conductor of three bands namely Peng Kong Grand
Mason band The San Pedro Band of Augono, and
Banda Augono Numero Uno.
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Antonio J. Molina
Antonio Molina's notable
contribution to the Philipine music
is his use of folk music in his work.
He inovated the Philippine music in
his time by using folk instruments
like the kulintang and gabbang. He
composed more than 300 works and two-thirds of which used traditional
music. His works involve orchestral music like Ang Batingaw Chord
Symphony, Kundiman-Kundangan,The Living World; chamber music like
Hating gabu, String Quarter, Kung
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sa Iyong Gunita, keyboard music like Malikmata, We Were

Moonlight, Dancing Fool; vocal music like Amihan, Awit ni
Maria Clara, and Larawan Nitong Pilipinas, among others.
Molina came from a family of a musicians who influenced him
to play different instruments. His father founded the
Orchestra Molina with 22 musicians who studied for free in
Molina's residence. The said band was disbanded in the
Spanish period. Molina studied Law at the University of Sto.
Tomas and Manila Law School but later on stopped because
on his father's illness. He them established the Rondalla Ideal
and continued with his musical career until it flourished. He
became known as the last musical triumvirate along with two
other musicians Nicanor Abelardo and Francisco Santiago,
who set the bar of folk music.
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Francisco Feliciano
Francisco Feliciano was a musician,
composer, teacher and conductor
known for incorporating "Asianess"
in his music. His work show the rich
culture and ethnicity of Asia
especially the Philippine. This world
renowned artist creating unique
musical works by transforming our indigenous music to a level equal to
the music of the western countries. In his choral pieces, he used musical
lines from etnuc songs resulting to the enthusiastic harmony of sound
and culture.
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His operas and orchestral works, on the

other hand, has unique musical language
carrying contemporary style that uses
modal scale. His major works include
Sihay sa Kabila ng Paalam, La Loba negra,
Pokpok Alimako, Pamagun, Yerma, and
the Ashen Wings.
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Levi Celerio
Levi Celerio started playing the
violin when he was 11 years old.
Due to his extraordinary talent in
music. Alexander Lippay of the
University of the Philippine
Contemporary of Music
recommended him at the Academy of Music Manila for a scholarship.
However, Celerio had an accident resulting to a broken wrist which
stopped him from playing the violin but this accident did not stop him
from continuing a career in Music.
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He became a lyricist and wrote a wide range of

songs of different themes. He composed an
estimated 4000 thousand musical works. Some of his
famous pieces area Sa Ugoy ng Duyan, Dahil sa Isang
Bulaklak, San ka man Naroroon, Ang pipit, Kung
Tayo'y magtanim, Kalesa, etc. He was also the lyricist
of the famous Christmas song, Ang pasko ay Sumapit.
Celerio also became known for writing songs for
Filipino movies. He collaborated with other National
Artist like Lucio San Pedro and Ernani Cuenco.
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Ramon Santos
Ramon Santos music highlights
Asia's and Philippines rich artistic
tradition and features from western
and non-Western areas. He combined
Philippine indigenous instruments
and vocals to orchestral instruments
and other instruments from foreign
nation like the Javanese gamelan. He also composed works that
interweaved Asian culture, drama, poetry, and dance like his Sandiwaan,
Daragang Magayon, Ta-O, Awit ni Pulau, etc.
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Included in his popular unique composition is

the Kulintang. It is a piece for solo piano which
resembles the sound of kulintang, a musical
instruments from Mindanao. Santos promoted
the Philippine to other nations through his
cultural education programs. He organized an
international for rondalla and forum for
traditional music attended by composers.
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Jovita Fuentes
Jovita Fuentes was remarkable
Filipina artist known for her
portrayal of Cio-cio san in Madame
Butterfly by Giac33omo
Puccini which was held Treatro
Municipale Piacenza in Italy, Spain
awarded her as the "Embahador de
Filipinas a su Madre Patria" for outstandingly portraying different roles in
numerous musical performances in Europe.
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It has to be noted that at that time Filipinas are

rarely heard in Europe but Jovita made the country
proud for her exceptional voice and performances.
Fuentes was also founder of the Artist's Guild of the
Philippines which periodically produced the "Tour of
Operaland" productions which promoted opera in
the Philippines. She also supported other musical
organizations which kept Philippines music alive. Also
jovita was an educator of music at the University of
the Philippines Conservatory of Music, Sta. Isabel
College, and College of Holy Spirit.
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Felipe Padilla de leon

Felipe Padilla de Leon is a people's
musician for the sentiments and
aspiration of the Filipino people in
times of war and of peace are evident
in his musical works.
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The musical artists before him inspired de Leon

to-create a Filipinized version of western music.
Some of his orchestral music include Mariang
Makiling Overture and Roca Encantada; his
symphonic works include Manila Overture and
Orchesterstuk while his choral musicand songs
include Payapang Daigdig, Ako ay Pilipino,
Bulaklak and Mutya ng Lahi.
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Andrea Veneracion
Andrea Veneracion played a
significant part in the development
of the Philippine chiral music. She
was the founder of the world
renowned choral group, the
Philippine Madrigal Singers which
has won numerous awards in and outside the country. The Madrigals
contributed in the development of choral literature and movement
throughout the Philippine. Veneracion also conducted cultural outreach
programs providing music education in several areas in the country.
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