This document discusses contemporary Philippine music song composers and their works. It provides biographies of four composers - Levi Celerio, Constancio de Guzman, Miguel "Mike" Velarde Jr., and Ernani Cuenco. It notes their most famous compositions and contributions to Philippine music. The document also describes an activity where groups perform a three-minute medley of songs by these composers and are evaluated based on musical and performance criteria.

1. CONTEMPORARY
PHILIPPINE MUSIC
SONG COMPOSERS

2. OBJECTIVES
1.Discusses the lives and works of the
Contemporary Philippine Music song
composers.
2. Sings an excerpt of 20th Century Filipino
Song Composers.

3. A C T I V I T Y

4. A N G P I P I T
MAY PUMUKOL SA PIPIT SA SANGA NG ISANG KAHOY
__________________ANG PAKPAK NG MUNTING IBON
DAHIL SA SAKIT , ________________________
AT ANG NANGYARI AY NAHULOG
NGUNIT PARANG TAONG BUMIGKAS

5. A N G P I P I T
MAMANG KAY LUPIT,________________
PAG PUMANAW ANG BUHAY KO,
________________________ 2X

6. BAYAN KO
Ang bayan kong Pilipinas
_______________________.
Pag-ibig na sa kanyang palad
______________________________.

7. BAYAN KO
At sa kanyang yumi at ganda
_____________________
Bayan ko, binihag ka
_____________________.

8. DAHIL SA IYO
Dahil sa iyo,nais kong mabuhay
Dahil sa iyo ,___________________
Dapat mong tantuin, wala ng ibang giliw
Puso ko’y tanungin,_________________.

9. GAANO KO IKAW KA MAHAL
Ang pag-ibig ko sa’yo ay tunay
_____________________________
Huwag kanang mag-alinlangan.
Ang pag-ibig ko’y hindi kukupas
___________________ pag-asa sumisikat.

10. GAANO KO IKAW KA MAHAL
Ang ating buhay,maikli, aking hirang
______________ ng pagsuyong wagas kailanman
Ang sumpa ko sa iyo’y asahan
__________ magpakailanman ---------

11. ANALYSIS
– stand UP,hand UP,Pair UP
1. What are your personal reactions and feelings
with the activity?
2. Who are the composers of ANG PIPIT,DAHIL SA
IYO,BAYAN KO, AND GAANO KO IKAW KAMAHAL?
3. What musical elements present of these
composers?

12. ABSTRACTION
Prolific lyricist and composer Levi Celerio
was named National Artist for Music and
Literature in 1997. Also a violinist , he had
written the lyrics for over 4,000 songs in his
lifetime, including many for film. A great
number of kundimans and Filipino love
songs have lyrics written by him, most
notable of which are Dahil sa Iyo, Buhat,
and Ang Pasko ay Sumapit. Celerio was
known for creating music with a mouth-
blown leaf. LEVI CELERIO
(1910 – 2002)
National Artist for Literature and
Music

13. His achievements include a citation in the
Guinness Book of World Records for being the
only person to make music with a mouth-blown
leaf. He will forever be remembered through his
lyrics for songs such as
Ang Pipit (music by Lucio D. San Pedro);
Bagong Pagsilang (music by Felipe Padilla de
Leon); Sa Ugoy ng Duyan (music by Lucio D.
San Pedro); Misa de Gallo (music by J. Balita);
Itik-itik (folk song);
Tinikling (folk song),
among others.
Celerio passed away on April 2, 2002.
LEVI CELERIO
(1910 – 2002)
National Artist for Literature and
Music

14. Constancio Canseco de Guzman
was born on November 11,1903 in
Guiguinto, Bulacan. He grew up in
Manila where he studied piano and
composition under Nicanor Abelardo. At
the prodding of his father, he went to
law school but switched to pursue and
finish a BS Commerce degree at Jose
Rizal College in 1928. He passed the
certified public accountants (CPA) board
examinations in 1932. After he took the
CPA board exam, he started working for
the movies.
CONSTANCIO DE GUZMAN
(1903 – 1982)

15. In 1948, his song Ang Bayan Ko and
Kung Kita’y Kapiling won the gold medal
at the Paris International Fair. Bayan Ko
was later adopted as the symbolic
song of the People Power Movement of
1986. The same song won for him the
Awit Award for Best Filipino Lyricist.
Some of De Guzman’s notable
compositions include Babalik Ka Rin,
Ang Tangi
Kong Pag-ibig, Birheng Walang
Dambana, Maalaala Mo Kaya, and Sa
Piling Mo. De Guzman passed away on
August 16, 1982.
CONSTANCIO DE GUZMAN
(1903 – 1982)

16. Miguel “Mike” Guison Velarde Jr, composer,
conductor, movie actor, and musical director was born
in Manila on October 23, 1913 as the second of two
children of Dr. Miguel Velarde, Sr. and Dolores
Guison. His family moved to Zamboanga when he
was only one year old and where he spent the
succeeding eighteen years of his life. His exposure to
the unaffected and unpretentious environment of
Basilan and Zamboanga had influenced his creative
imagination, mainly nurtured by his mother who
became his first music teacher
in piano and violin when he was six years old.
Velarde studied at the Zamboanga Normal School,
where he became a member of the
school orchestra and graduated as valedictorian. He
learned the basics of harmony and composition from
Antonio Molina and Ariston Avelino as he further
deepened his musical knowledge through self-study.
MIGUEL “MIKE” VELARDE JR.
(1913 – 1986)

17. In subsequent years, Velarde created his own style as
he composed highly melodious and
romantic songs such as Ikaw, Lahat ng Araw,
Habang Buhay,Minamahal Kita , Ikaw ay Akin, and
Dahil Sa Iyo. In 1970, he won the Best Conductor
award at the First International
Popular Song Contest in Japan with his composition
As Long as Forever. He received
the Cultural Achievement Award in Popular Music
from the Philippine Government
Cultural Association in 1975 and the Gawad CCP
Para Sa Sining in 1986. His other
compositions include Buhat, Ikaw, Bituing Marikit,
Minamahal Kita, Dating Sumpaan,
Dalisay, Eternally Yours, and Gabi at Araw. Velarde
passed away in 1986.
MIGUEL “MIKE” VELARDE JR.
(1913 – 1986)

18. Ernani Joson Cuenco, composer, film scorer, musical
director and music teacher, was conferred the National Artist
Award for Music in 1999. His works embody a Filipino sense
of musicality that contain the classical sound of the
kundiman. To this day, Cuneco’s 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.
Aside from these signature pieces, Cuenco’s other songs
include Nahan, Kahit na Magtiis,
Diligin Mo ng Hamog ang Uhaw na Lupa, Pilipinas, Inang
Bayan, Isang Dalangin, and Kalesa.
ERNANI CUENCO
(1936 – 1988)
National Artist for Music

19. APPLICATION
SONG MEDLEY
• Each group will choose any three songs
and create a 3-minute medley of their
chosen song.
• You may create sounds as instrumental
accompaniment to the song from varied
sources or from the environment.
• You may add simple vocal harmonies.

20. CRITERIA
MUSICIANSHIP ( MUSICAL ELEMENTS) – 60%
PRESENTATION IMPACT AND
SHOWMANSHIP – 20%
ENSEMBLE COORDINATION
AND ORGANIZATION – 20%
TOTAL 100%

21. 1.What is the most significant thing
that you have learned from our
activity today?
2. What are values have you
internalized?

22. LISTENING ACTIVITY
1. Play selected excerpts of compositions
of the aboved composers.
2. Name the composer,title of the music,
and musical style.

23. ANSWER !!!!
1. WHAT TO KNOW questions on page
280 of the learner’s material

24. THANK
YOU !!!