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José Maceda
José Maceda
Maceda
José Montserrat
Maceda (31 January
1917 – 5 May 2004) was
a Filipino
ethnomusicologist and
composer. He was
named a National Artist
of the Philippines for
Music in 1998.
LIFE
LIFE OF JOSE MACEDA
Maceda was born in Manila, Philippines, he
studied piano, composition and musicaL analysis at École
Normale de Musique de Paris in France. After returning to the
Philippines, he became a professional pianist, and later studied
musicology at Columbia University,
and anthropology at Northwestern University.
LIFE OF JOSE MACEDA
Starting in 1952, he conducted fieldwork on the ethnic Music of the