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LEVI
CELERIO
Celario was borm in Tondo, Manila on April
30,1910. He studied at the Academy of Music in
Manilr under a scholarahip,and later went on to join
the Manila Symphony Orchestra. Prolific lyricist
and composer Levi Celerio was named National
Artist for Musix and Literature in 1997. Also, a
violinist,he had written the lyrics for ovet 4,000
songs in his lifetime including many for film.Made
it to the Guinness Book of World Records for being
the only person to make music with a leaf
 CONSTANCI
O C. DE
GUZMAN
Constancio C. De Guzman was born on November 11,1903 in
Guiguinto,Bulacan. He grew up in Manila where he studied piano and
compositions under Nicanor Abelardo. Acknowledge as the "Dean of
Filipino Movie Composers and Musical Director". De Guzman
became the music director of movie production like Sampaguita,LVN,
Royal,Excelsion,Lea and Tagalog Ilang-Ilang Productions.
 In 1948,his songs Ang Bayan Ko and Kung Kita'y Kapiling won the

g l o b a l m e d a l a t t h e P a r i s I n t e r n a t i o n a l F a i r. B a y a n k o w a s l a t e r

adopted as the symbolic song of the People Power Movement of 1986.

T h e s a m e s o n g w o n f o r h i m t h e Aw i t Aw a r d f o r B e s t F i l i p i n o Ly r i c i s t .

Some of De Guzman'd othet notable compositions are Babalik Ka Rin,

A n g Ta n g i K o n g P a g - i b i g , B i r h e n g Wa l a n g D a m b a n a , M a a l a a l a M o

Kaya, and sa Piling Mo.

 MIGUEL "MIKE"
GUISON VELARDE
JR.
Miguel "Mike" G. Velarde Jr. was a composer,conductor, movie

director,and musical director. He was born in Manila on October 23, 1918.

Velarde Studied at the Zamboanga Normal School,where he became a

member of the School Orchestra and graduated as valedictorian. He then

went to Manila to pursue a degree in Medicine at the University of the

Philippines but later realized that it was music he truly loved. He

composed the popular song Dahil sa Iyo in 1938. In 1975 the Philippine

Government Cultural Association awarded him the Cultural Achievement

Award in Popular Music. He received the Gawad CCP Para Sa Sining in

1986.
 SANTIA
GO
SUAREZ
Santiago Suarez was born in Sampaloc, Manila 1901. He
learned how to play piano from his grandmother.He attended
the conservatory of music, University of the
Philippines(UP)and the Ateneo De Manila in Intramuros. His
compositions are a mixture of the soulful kundiman style and
the lively strains of the countryside. The melodies are tonal and
catchy,while the rythms follow the regular meter with minimal
tempo changes.

Suarez accomplished composer of traditional Filipino love

songs. His popular works include Dungawin Mo Hirang, Bakya
Mo Neneng, Caprichosa, Sa Libis ng Ngayon, and Kataka-taka
 Restituto Aquino Umali was born in Paco, Manila on June
16,1916. His early exposure to music was through his father who
taught him violin. He was also thought solfeggio and score
reading at the Mapa High School where he became a member of
the school glee club and orchestra. Umali was a
composer,teacher,and musical arranger. He arranged the
Philippine national anthem and the local classic Kataka-taka for
RESTITU
TO the Boston Orchestra when it performed for the Philippine
"RESTIE" Independence Night in Boston in 1972. He wrote a total of more
A. UMALI or less 120 movie theme songs, and composed more than 250
scores for movies.His most popular songs are Saan Ka Man
Naroon, Alaala ng Lumipas, Ang Pangarap Ko'y Ikaw.
 ANGEL MATIAS
Angel Matias Peña was born on April 22,1921 to a musical

PEÑA
family.He was a classical and jazz composers, arranger and
bass player. He is widely considered by modern Filipino
Jazz musicians as "one of the founders of traditional jazz in
the Philippines.Peña just wrote his first original jazz
compositions just before World War II began

In 1998, a House Resolution from the State of Hawaii's House of Representatives was
passed to honor Peña for his contribution in the field of music as a world renowned
jazz mysician, musical arranger.The Jazz Society of the Philippines-USA further gave
him a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Third Annual Fil-An Jazz Festival in
Hollywood
ERNANI J.
CUENCO
 Ernani Juan Cuenci was born on May 10,1936 in Malolos, Bulacan. He earned his
Bachelors Degree in music, major in piano, at the UST Conservatory of music in 1956.
A UST scholarship grant in the same year enabled him to study the cello under
Professor Modesto Marquiz until 1965. In 1968, he completed his Master degree at the
Sta. Isabel College

He was a composer, film scorer,musical director,and a music teacher;and was

named National Artist for Music in 1999. His work embodied the Filipino
sense of musicality,with the classical sound of kundiman evident in many of
his ballads. To this day, his compositions continue to be popular and well-
loved. He is a National Artist for Music.
 GEORGE M.
George Masangkay Canseco was born on April 23,1943 in

CANSECO
Naic,Cavite. He graduated with a Liberak Arts degree at the
University of the East. After graduation,he worked for the
Philippines Herald and the Associated Press as a journalist.

Canseco was considered "a nationally acclaimed composer of nomerous popular Filipino classics". He composed songs for
some of the countrys top popular singers such as Sharon Cuneta, Basil Valdez, Regine Velasquez. He wrote the classical
Kapantay Ay Langit, a movie theme song, as well as Child, the English language version of Freddie Aguilars signature song
Anák. He also served as President of the Filipino Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers,Inc. (FILSCAP).
 LEOPOLDO RIGO
SILOS SR.
Leopoldo Rigo Silos Sr. was born on March 6, 1925. He was a composer,singer, and
a musical arranger. He composed and recorded romantically soulful songs. He was
the award winning musical director of the television musical program Aawitan Kita.

The music of Silos touches the sentiment quite deeply, with his lyrical and
appealing melodies being complemented by exotic harmonies. His other notable
compositions include Aling Kutsero,Ay Anonv Saklap, Basta't Mahal Kita, Diyos
Lamang ang Nakakaalam, Hindi Ko Malilimutan, Lagi Kitang Naaalala, Langit sa
Lupa, Halina Halina,Lihim na Pag ibig and Munod Ma'y Mawala.
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