OGIE ALCASID

SINGER
COMPOSER / SONG WRITER
 FREDDIE AGUILAR
SINGER
COMPOSER / SONG WRITER
 RYAN CAYABYAB

COMPOSER / SONG WRITER

 NICANOR ABELARDO

COMPOSER / SONG WRITER

 FRANCISCO SANTIAGO

COMPOSER / SONG WRITER

FRANCISCO BUENCAMINO SR.

COMPOSER / SONG WRITER

CONTEMPORARY
PHILIPPINE MUSIC
ACCORDING TO NATIONAL ARTIST
RAMON SANTOS, PHD,
“CONTEMPORARY MUSIC IN THE
PHILIPPINES REFERS TO COMPOSITIONS
THAT HAVE ADOPTED IDEAS AND
ELEMENTS FROM 20 CENTURY ART
TH

MUSIC IN THE WEST.”

 20TH CENTURY
TRADITIONAL COMPOSER
WITH SPAIN AND THEN AMERICA HAVING
COLONIZED THE PHILIPPINES FROM THE EARLY
1950S TO THE LATE 1800S, IT WAS AN
AVOIDABLE THAT WESTERN COMPOSITIONAL
TECHNIQUES FOUND THEIR WAY INTO THE
WORKS OF FILIPINO COMPOSERS. YET, EVEN
20 CENTURY FILIPINO COMPOSERS HAVE
TH
MANAGED TO RETAIN SOME TRADITIONAL
ELEMENTS AND THEIR ASSIMILATION OF
WESTERN TECHNIQUE. IN FACT, THEY HAVE
BECOME THE STRONGEST FOUNDATION OF
WHAT WE KNOW AS PHILIPPINE MUSIC.
GROUP ACTIVITY
THE CLASS WILL BE DIVIDED INTO THREE GROUPS.
HAVING A DRAW LOTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY
TRADITIONAL COMPOSERS.
YOU WILL PRESENT YOUR COMPOSERS THROUGH
THE FOLLOWING METHODS:
1. ROLE PLAYING;
2. TALK SHOW (EXAMPLE MAGANDANG BUHAY OR
BOY ABUNDA);
3. REPORTING.
ROLE-PLAYING RUBRIC
CATEGORY 4 3 2 1
Content Great job! You offered Your role-play is on- The role-play is The role-play is
creative new insights on topic, but it is missing somewhat off-topic. Pay completely off-topic, as if
the topic! some creativity and more attention to the your group did not even
insight. directions next time! read the directions.

Roles Excellent work! Every Everyone in your group For the most part, your Your group failed to stay
member of your group stayed in character, but group stayed in in character, and it
stayed in character, and some members didn't character. Next time, looked like you had not
it was clear you took seem to really be "into" spend more time prepared for how the
your roles seriously. what they were doing. preparing for how the characters might think or
characters might think or act.
act.
Preparation Your group did an Your group obviously Your group needs to It seems that your group
excellent job preparing spent some time spend more time used the preparation
and rehearsing your role- preparing for the role- preparing for the role- time for something else.
play, and it shows - play, but some rehearsal play. Reading lines from
everything went very might have helped things a script is a sure sign
smoothly. run more smoothly. you're not prepared.
Overall Impression Excellent! Your Good! Your presentation, Keep working! Don't Argh! I expect much
presentation was while it was fun to watch, forget that, though the better work from you
entertaining and could have been more process is entertaining, next time.
informative! informative. you're also supposed to
learn something from it.
 REPORTING RUBRIC
CATEGORY A B C D F

Content Shows a full Shows a good Shows a good Does not seem to Does not
understand-ing of understanding of the understanding of parts understand the understand or
20 pts. the topic. topic. of the topic. topic very well. address any topic.

Audience Engagement Makes good use of Makes fair use of Makes some use of Makes little or any Makes no real use of
the chosen medium chosen medium to medium to engage use of medium, or any medium. No
20 pts. to engage the engage audience audience attention. does not attempt audience
audience's attention. to engage engagement
attention. audience
attention.

Preparedness Student is Student seems pretty Student is somewhat Student did not Student did not
completely prepared but might prepared, but it is seem at all present.
10 pts. prepared and has have needed a clear that rehearsal prepared to
obviously couple more was lacking. present.
rehearsed. rehearsals.
TALK SHOW RUBRIC
FRANCISCO B. BUENCAMINO SR.
1883-1952
BORN ON NOVEMBER 5, 1883 IN
BULACAN. HE WAS THE SON OF A
MUSICALLY INCLINED COUPLE.
IN 1930, HE CREATED THE
BUENCAMINO MUSIC ACADEMY,
HE TAUGHT AT THE ATENEO DE
MANILA AND AT CENTRO
ESCOLAR DE SENORITAS WHOSE
CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC HE
FOUNDED.
EXPANDING HIS CAREER, HE VENTURED INTO MUSICAL
DIRECTING AND SCORING, AND COMPOSING FILM
MUSIC FOR SAMPAGUITA PICTURES, LVN AND
EXCELSIOR.
BUENCAMINO COMPOSITIONS INCLUDES THE
FOLLOWING: HARANA, PANDANGGO NI NENENG,
COLLAR DE SAMPAGUITA, DULCES LAS HORAS,
MAYON, LARAWAN, MAZURCA, BOHOLANA, MI
BANDERA, PRINSESA NG KUMINTANG, MALIGAYANG
BATI, ANG BUKANG LIWAYWAY, ANG BAGONG
BALITAW, HIMIG NG NAYON, AND DAMDAMIN.
FRANCISCO SANTIAGO
1889-1947
KNOWN AS THE FATHER OF
KUNDIMAN. BELONGS TO THE
“TRIUMVIRATE OF FILIPINO
COMPOSERS”.
HE FINISHED HIS MUSIC
SPECIALIZATION AT THE AMERICAN
CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC IN
CHICAGO, WHERE HE OBTAINED
HIS DOCTORATE DEGREE IN 1924.
SANTIAGO’S MUSIC WAS ROMANTIC IN STYLE, INCORPORATING
WESTERN FORMS AND TECHNIQUES WITH FOLK MATERIALS. HE
COMPOSED SEVERAL WORKS SUCH AS KUNDIMAN, SYMPHONIES, PIANO
CONCERTOS, AND OTHER MUSIC PIECES FOR THE PIANO, VIOLIN, AND
VOICE.
HIS FAMOUS WORKS ARE PAKIUSAP, MADALING ARAW, SAKALI MAN,
HIBIK NG PILIPINAS, ANO KAYA ANG KAPALARAN AND KUNDIMAN
(ANAK DALITA) WAS SUNG BEFORE THE ROYAL COURT OF SPAIN UPON
THE REQUEST OF KING ALFONSO II.
HE ALSO A MUSICAL DIRECTOR FOR FILMS, AMONG THE FILMS WHOSE
MUSIC HE SUPERVISE ARE KUNDIMAN, LERON-LERON SINTA, MADALING
ARAW, MANILENYA AND THE MOVIE INSPIRED BY HIS OWN
COMPOSITION PAKIUSAP.
HE BECAME THE FIRST FILIPINO DIRECTOR OF THE UP CONSERVATORY OF
MUSIC.
LUCIO DE SAN PEDRO
1913-2002
HE WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 11, 1913 IN
ANGONO, RIZAL. SINCE HIS ELEMENTARY
DAYS, HE STARTED COMPOSING. HE
STUDIED THE BANJO WHICH INSPIRED HIM
TO BECOME A SERIOUS MUSICIAN. HE
PURSUE HIS MUSIC DEGREE AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE
JUILLIARD SCHOOL IN NEW YORK USA.
UPON RETURNING TO THE PHILIPPINES, HE
BECAME A PROFESSOR OF THEORY AND
COMPOSITION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE
PHILIPPINES COLLEGE OF MUSIC.
KNOWN AS A ROMANTIC NATIONALIST, HE INCORPORATED PHILIPPINE
FOLK ELEMENTS IN HIS COMPOSITION WITH WESTERN FORMS AND
HARMONY. HIS CHORDS HAVE A RICH EXPRESSIVE TONALITY, AS
REPRESENTED IN HIS WELL LOVED SA UGOY NG DUYAN, A LULLABY
MELODY SUNG BY HIS MOTHER.
HIS ORCHESTRAL COMPOSITION ARE BEST REPRESENTED BY THE SUITE
PASTORALE (1956), A POETIC AURAL DESCRIPTION OF HIS HOMETOWN
ANGONO, AND HIS NATIONALISTIC SYMPHONIC POEM LAHING
KAYUMANGGI (1962). OTHER COMPOSITIONS INCLUDE SONGS, PIECES
FOR VIOLIN, CELLO, AND CHORUS. HIS WORKS FOR THE SYMPHONIC
BAND WAS WHERE HE WAS MOST PROLIFIC AND PRODUCTIVE BOTH AS
COMPOSER AND CONDUCTOR.
HIS MUSICAL PROWESS WAS INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZE WHEN HE WAS
INVITED TO BE A JUDGE AT THE PRESTIGIOUS VAN CLIBURN
INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION IN 1980. HE WAS DECLARED
NATIONAL ARTIST FOR MUSIC IN 1991 AND PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 31,
2002.
LISTENING ACTIVITY
PLAY THE MUSIC OF LUCIO SAN PEDRO “SA UGOY
NG DUYAN”

A. DID YOU ENJOY THE MUSIC? WHAT DOES THE

MEANING OF THE SONG?
B. WHAT DID YOU FEEL AFTER LISTENING THE MUSIC?
C. CAN YOU IDENTIFY THE TIME SIGNATURE USED IN
THE MUSIC?
WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MUSIC IN OUR DAILY
LIVES?

WHAT IF MUSIC DOES NOT EXIST NOWADAYS?

MATCHING TYPE: ¼ SHEET OF PAPER
1. KNOWN AS THE FATHER A. FRANCISCO SANTIAGO
OF KUNDIMAN
2. SA UGOY NG DUYAN B. LUCIO SAN PEDRO

3. ALSO KNOWN AS “ROMANTIC C. FRANCISCO BUENCAMINO SR.

NATIONALIST”
4. HE BECAME THE FIRST FILIPINO
DIRECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE
PHILIPPINES

5. HE STUDIED MUSIC COMPOSITION

AND HARMONY AT LICEO DE MANILA.
ASSIGNMENT
READ AND STUDY OTHER COMPOSER OF 20TH
CENTURY TRADITIONAL MUSIC AND NEW SONG
COMPOSER.