New Music Composers

and Song Composers

Music 10, Quarter 3, Module 2
New Music Composers
Jose Maceda

▪ Education
– Music studies at the
Academy of Music in
Manila
– Took music lessons with
Alfred Cortot and E.
Robert Schmitz
– Doctorate Degree in
Ethnomusicology from
UCLA
José Maceda biography | Last.fm
 Jose Maceda

▪ Style and influences

– encountered the music of
indigenous groups of Mindoro
– committed to the preservation of
Filipino Traditional music
– made a collection of recorded
music taken from the remote
mountain villages
– creatively combined
environmental sounds with
ethnic instruments
José Maceda biography | Last.fm
Jose Maceda

▪ Works/Compositions
– Ugma-Ugma
– Agungan
– Pagsamba
– Cassettes 100
– Ugnayan
– Udlot-Udlot

José Maceda biography | Last.fm

Jose Maceda

▪ Work Experience
– specialized in musique
concrete.
– Piano and Musicology
professor at the UP
– Executive Director of
Central Ethnomusicology
in 1997
– Conferred as National
Artist for Music in 1997

José Maceda biography | Last.fm

 Lucrecia Kasilag

▪ National Artist for Music (1989)

▪ Went to Philippine Women’s University for
her high school and college education
earning her Bachelors Degree for Arts Major
in English
▪ Studied Bachelor of Music Major in
Composition at St. Scholastica’s College of
Music
▪ Studied Music Theory at Eastman School of
Music in Rochester, New York

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 Lucrecia Kasilag

▪ Style
– Famous for creating a unique musical
sound for Filipinos
– Compose music by combining western
orchestral instruments with indigenous
Filipino instruments

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 Lucrecia Kasilag

▪ Works
▪ Dularawan: Salakot na Ginto
▪ Violin Concerto No. 1 and No. 2
▪ Misang Pilipino
▪ The Legend of Sarimanok
▪ Toccata, for Percussion and Winds
▪ Ang Apoy ng mga Hayop

Lucrecia ‘Tita King’ Kasilag PDI PHOTO

Ramon P. Santos

▪ Contemporary composer,
conductor and musicologist
▪ National Artist for Music on 2014
▪ Teacher’s Diploma and Bachelor of
Music major in Composition and
Conducting at the UP, College of
Music. He was a student of Jose
Maceda.
▪ Master of Music in Indiana
University of New York
▪ Ethnomusicology at the University
of Illinois, USA
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Ramon P. Santos

▪ Style
– Greatly inspired by Mahler and
Debussy
– Interested in open-ended structures
of time and space, function as a
compositional concept
– Compositional styles involved
environmental works, non-
conventional instruments, and the
incorporation of natural forces

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Ramon P. Santos

▪ Works/Compositions
– Pangahoy
– L’Bad
– Nagnit Igak G’nan Wagnwag Nila
(Alingawngaw ng Kagitingan)
– Awit ni Pulau
– Siklo
– Nabasag and Banga at Iba’t-Ibang
Pinag-Ugpong-ugpong na Pnanalita
para sa Labing Anim na Tinig
– Darangang Magayon
– Ding Ding Nga Diwaya
– Du’a

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 Josefino “Chino” Toledo

▪ Composer-conductor

▪ Executive Director of Miriam College

Center for Applied Music

▪ Professor at the UP, College of Music

▪ Founding director of the Metro-Manila

Concert Orchestra

▪ He pursued his music studies in various

music schools both in the country and
abroad like University of the Philippines,
College of Music, Cleveland Institute of
Music-Case Western Reserve University
in the U.S., and Conservatoire National
Superieur de Musique in Paris

Music for 5 pianos / 2 pianos and 4 wind instruments (c

omposed by José
 Josefino “Chino” Toledo

▪ Composition is described as “pure

and powerful”
▪ Fuses contemporary western
music ideas and Southeast Asian
flavors
▪ Compositions stretch from solo
instrument, to orchestra, chorus,
chamber ensemble, theater and
film

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omposed by José
 Josefino “Chino” Toledo

▪ Works/Compositions
– Kwaderno No.2: Para sa
Perkusyon Sitsit Digidak
– Irog Ko’y Pakinggan… Ang Tula
sa Tulaq Kah-non (orchestra)
– Tanikala 2o
– Isahan sa Pagkakaisa
– Awit sa Ilog

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omposed by José
Jonas Baes

▪ Composer, teacher
▪ Bachelor of Music major in
Composition at the UP, College of
Music under Ramon P. Santos
▪ Musicology with Jose Maceda also
at UP
▪ Composition and musical politics
with Mathias Spahlinger at the
Hochschule fur Musik Freiburg in
Freiburg in Breisgau, Germany
▪ Ph.D. in Philippines Studies from
UP
Composition & Theory (upd.edu.ph)
Jonas Baes

▪ Style
– His research about the Iraya-
Mangyan people of Mindoro gave
him inspiration in his music
compositions
– Composed music utilizing
“unorthodox” musical instruments
– Incorporated Asian vocal
techniques in his works
– Compositions were influenced by
Maceda
– Listeners’ participation was part of
the music performance

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Jonas Baes

▪ Works
– Wala
– Daluy
– Ibo-Ibon
– Salaysay
– Patangis-Buwaya
– Pantawag
– Basbasan

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Song Composers
 Levi Celerio

▪ He wrote more than 4,000 Filipino songs

▪ Some of his works were made into movies
▪ Guinness Book of Records for his skill in
playing music using a leaf
▪ National Artist for Music and Literature in
1997
▪ Studied at the Academy of Music in Manila

Levi Celerio and His Famous Songs for Christmas - *

Paskong Pinoy*
 Levi Celerio

▪ Works
– Ikaw
– Kahit Konting Pagtingin
– Saan Ka Man Naroon
– Sa Ugoy ng Duyan
– Ang Pipit
– Itik-Itik
– Pitong Gatang
– Waray-Waray
– Ang Pasko ay Sumapit
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 Constancio Canseco De Guzman

▪ He studied piano and composition

under Nicanor Abelardo
▪ BS Commerce at the Jose Rizal
College
▪ With his deep passion for music, he
continued his craft in composing
music for films
▪ “Dean of Filipino Movie Composers
and Musical Directors”

De Guzman, Constancio – CulturEd

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 Constancio Canseco De Guzman

▪ Works/Compositions
– Ang Bayan Ko
– Kung Kita’y Kapiling
– Babalik Ka Rin
– Ang Tangi Kong Pag-Ibig
– Birheng Walang Dambana
– Maalaala Mo Kaya
– Sa Piling Mo

De Guzman, Constancio – CulturEd

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 Miguel “Mike” Guison Velarde, Jr.

▪ Composer, conductor, movie actor, and a

musical director
▪ With the help of Antonio Molina and Ariston
Avelino, he learned basic harmony and
composition
▪ He opened his jazz school and had his own
jazz band named Mike Velarde’s Jazztocrats
▪ Was a song editor and a composed songs
for movies.
 Miguel “Mike” Guison Velarde, Jr.

▪ Works/Compositions
– Luksong Tagumpay
– Alaala Kita
– Lahat ng Araw
– Habang Buhay
– Minamahal Kita
– Ikaw ay Akin
– Dahil Sa Iyo
– As Long As Forever
– Buhat
– Bituing Marikit
Restituto “Restie” Umali

▪ Song writer, composer, arranger,

conductor, and film music scorer
▪ Band member during his high
school and college
▪ Major in Composition and
Conducting at UP College of
Music
▪ Took Commerce at Jose Rizal
College
▪ Learned Harmony from Felipe De
Leon
Restituto “Restie” Umali

▪ Works/Compositions
– Saan Ka Man Naroroon
– Alaala ng Lumipas
– Ang Pangarap Ko’y Ikaw
– Sa Libis ng Barrio
– Di ka Nag-iisa
– Paano Kita Lilimutin
 Ernani Potel Cuenco

▪ Composer, film scorer, musical

director and music teacher
▪ National Artist for Music in 1999
▪ Used the classical kundiman as
inspiration in some of his works
▪ Bachelor of Music Major in Piano at
the University of Santo Tomas
Conservatory of Music
▪ Master’s degree in Music at the Sta.
Ifugao College
Cuenco, Ernani Joson – CulturEd
: Philippine Cultural Education Online
 Ernani Potel Cuenco

▪ Works/Compositions
– Nahan
– Diligin Mo ng Hamog ang Uhaw na
Lupa
– Pilipinas
– Inang Bayan
– Isang Dalangin
– Kalesa
– Gaano Kita Kamahal

Cuenco, Ernani Joson – CulturEd

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