Music 10

Week 8
Song Composers of the
Contemporary Philippine Music
 LEARNING GOALS AND STANDARDS
The learners listen perceptively to excerpts of major
contemporary works;
The learners sing selections of contemporary music with
appropriate pitch, rhythm, style, and expression;
The learners create a musical on the life of a selected
contemporary Philippine composer.
The learners value the Philippine music by promoting it to people
of different cultures.
 Introduction
Are you familiar with these songs?

Please do LISTEN!
Please put Ikaw by Sharon Cuneta and Ngayon at
Kailanman by Basil Valdez.
 SONG COMPOSERS

Song composers became popular with their musical

compositions used as musical background or theme
songs in movies and films.
 LEVI CELERIO
• He was known for creating
music with a mouth-blown
leaf.
• He composed the popular
song “Dahil sa Iyo” in 1938
and “Ang Pasko ay
Sumapit.”
 CONSTANCIO DEGUZMAN
• Acknowledged as the “Dean of
Filipino Movie Composers and
Musical Directors and the
composer of the nationalistic song
“Bayan Ko”.
• He composed “Maalaala Mo
Kaya.”
ERNANI CUENCO
• His compositions are
popular and well loved,
especially “Gaano Ko Ikaw
Kamahal” and “Bato sa
Buhangin” which he
composed for films in honor
of his wife.
 GEORGE CANSECO
• He was a composer, journalist, and
a government official.
• President of the Filipino Society of
Composers, Authors and
Publishers.
• Among these big hits he composed
are “Ikaw” and “Ngayon at
Kailanman.”
 MIKE VELARDE
• He was a composer, conductor,
and musical director born in
Manila.
• He composed the big hit song
“Minamahal Kita” from the
movie “Niña Bonita” in 1940.
 INTEGRATION
1. Do you think appreciating our own culture and
music will help foreigners to understand us
better?
2. Given the opportunity to invite a foreigner
friend in the Philippines, how would you make
him/her understand, appreciate, and enjoy our
musical and cultural traditions?
 ASSESSMENT
Write down the name of song composers based on their
contribution in Philippine contemporary music.
SONGS Composer
1. Gaano ko ikaw kamahal
2. Babalik ka rin
3. Ikaw
4. Mahiwaga
5. Bayan ko
References:

• Miranda, Q. S., Jugueta, L. R., Sacdalan, and G.

E., San Jose, M. T. R. Mapeh For Today’s
Learner 10. Quezon City: Phoenix Publishing
House Inc.