music

1. Contemporary
Philippine Music

3. This group of composers departed
from the standard form of classical
music and explored alternatively
direction and concepts in music
composition. These compositions
derive their essence, theories, and
structures from non-Western sources
especially Asian music indigenous
Philippine cultural traditions.

4. At the same time, they were
influenced by the ideas of the avant-
garde composers of the 20th century
like Varese, Xenakis and Cage.
Some examples of Filipino
compositors of new music are Jose
Maceda, Chino Toleto, Ramon Santos,
and Lucresia Kasilag.

5. Jose Maceda
Born: January 31, 1917
Died: May 5, 2004

6. Dr. Jose Montserrat Maceda
• ethnomusicologist,
• Educator
• Composer
• Conductor
• pianist.
Jose Maceda

7. Dr. Jose Montserrat Maceda
As an ethnomusicologist he
specialized in Indonesia
and Filipino music.

8. Maceda
• a Professor of Piano and
Musicology at the
University of the
Philippines College of
Music.
Jose Maceda

9. MACEDA
His major compositions
include Ugma-ugma,
Pagsamba, and Udlot-
udlot.

10. Maceda studied the following academy:
• Vitorina Lobregat of the Academy of
Music in Manila - piano
• Alfred Cortot at the Ecole Normale de
Musique de Paris – piano
• Columbia University – musicology
• Northwestern University –anthropology
• University of California -
ethnomusicology
Jose Maceda

11. • popularized traditional music.
• He also studied at intensively
and wrote papers about the
nature of ethnic Philippine tribes
covering even the highest
mountain villages and the
farthest remote communities.
Jose
Maceda

12. His profession and
research took him to many
places in the Philippines,
Malaysia, Thailand,
Indonesia, Africa, Brazil,
and the United States.

13. JOSE MACEDA (EXCERPT)

14. LUCRECIA R. KASILAG
(1918 – 2008)
National Artist for Music

15. LUCRECIA R. KASILAG
Lucrecia R. Kasilag
• born in San Fernando, La Union
on August 31, 1918.
• She went to Manila to pursue a
degree in Music at the Philippine
Women’s University.
• She then obtained her Master’s
degree from the Eastman School
of Music in New York, USA.

16. LUCRECIA R. KASILAG
• Her compositions were influenced
by her professors Irving McHose
and Wayne Barlow.
• Kasilag’s compositions
demonstrated a fusion of Eastern and
Western styles in using instruments,
melody, harmony, and rhythm. She
is particularly known for
incorporating indigenous Filipino
instruments into orchestral
productions.

17. Among Kasilag’s many
compositions are:
• Toccata for Percussion
and Winds (1959),
composed for indigenous
Muslim instruments and
Western instruments;

18. • The Legend of the
Sarimanok (1963),
composed for chamber
orchestra and Philippine
ethnic instruments;

19. • Divertissement and
Concertante (1960),
compositions for piano
and orchestra combining
Western and Eastern
forms, harmonies, and
intervals;

20. Dularawan (1969), a musical
drama combining a dance solo
with a chorus and an ethnic
orchestra. Her other works
include compositions for piano,
instrumental ensemble, and
chorus.

21. • written more than 200 musical
works, ranging from folksongs
to opera to orchestral works,
• title of National Artist for
Music in 1989.
• She passed away in Manila in
August 2008.

22. DIVERTISSEMENT (Excerpt)
Lucrecia R. Kasilag

23. RAMON P. SANTOS
(1941 – )
National Artist for Music

24. Ramon P. Santos
• born in Pasig on February 25, 1941.
• He completed his Bachelor of
Music degree at the College of
Music, University of the Philippines.
• He finished his Master of Music
degree at Indiana University, USA.

25. • He received his Doctor of
Philosophy degree in Composition
at the State University of New
York, USA.
• He had also pursued graduate
studies in Ethnomusicology at the
University of Illinois, USA

26. Santos’ compositional style
features:
• chromaticism,
• music seria,
• electronic components,
combined with indigenous
Philippine music elements.

27. His works include:
• Ding Ding Nga Diyawa,
• Nabasag na Banga at Iba’t iba
pang Pinag-ugpong-ugpong na
Pananalita sa Wikang Pilipino
para sa Labing Anim na Tinig,
• and L’BAD.

28. He had done extensive research on the
gamelan music of Java as well as the
traditional music of the Ibaloi,
Maranao, Mansaka, Bontoc, Yakan, and
Boholano tribes in the Philippines

29. • Santos held the position of
Dean of the UP College of
Music from 1978 to 1988.
• At present, he is the head
of the UP Center of
Ethnomusicology and was
appointed Professor
Emeritus of the same
institution.

30. He was conferred the title of
National Artist for Music in
2014.

31. L’BAD
Ramon P. Santos

32. FR. MANUEL
MARAMBA, OSB
(1936 –)

33. Fr. Manuel Perez Maramba,
OSB is one of the most
accomplished musicians and
liturgists in the Philippines
emerging during the second
half of the 20th century. He was
born on July 4, 1936 in
Pangasinan

34. When he was 11 years old, he gave his
first public performance at the Bamboo
Organ in Las Piñas. He became the official
accompanist of the Las Piñas Boys Choir at
14 years old. He was the youngest finalist
to participate in the National Music
Competitions for Young Artists (NAMCYA)
piano competition
in 1978.

35. Immediately after high school, he was sent on
full scholarship to the University for Music
and Performing Arts in Graz, Austria. There,
he earned with distinction the degree of
Master of Arts in Church Music. He also
received a Teacher’s Certificate in Organ. His
musical career led him to the United States,
where he performed at Carnegie Hall at the
age of 19.

36. He has composed operas like Aba!, Sto. Nino, La Naval,
and Lord Takayama Ukon. His other major compositions
are the music for Awakening which was commissioned by
Ballet Philippines and music for Philippine Ballet Theater’s
production of Seven Mansions;three masses – Papal Mass
for World Youth Day, 1995; Mass in Honor of St. Lorenzo
Ruiz, and the Mass in Honor of the Sto. Nino; three
cantatas – St. Lorenzo Ruiz, St. Benedict, and St.
Scholastica; Three Psalms; A hymn in honor of St.
Lorenzo Ruiz, and the official hymn of the 1996 National
Eucharistic Congress; a zarzuela entitled Ang Sarswela sa
San Salvador, and three orchestral works – Pugad Lawin,
The Virgin of Naval, and Transfiguration.

37. JERRY DADAP
(1935 – )

38. Jerry Dadap, the first Filipino composer to
conduct his own works at the Carnegie
Recital Hall in New York City, was born on
November 5, 1935 in Hinunangan,
Southern Leyte. He earned his Bachelor’s
Degree in Music, major in Composition at
the Conservatory of Music, University of
the Philippines (UP) in 1964.

39. In 1968, he went to the USA on a study-observation grant
from the Music Promotion Foundation of the Philippines.
While there, he received a full scholarship grant from the
United Presbyterian Church of USA from 1969 to 1971.
During that
time, he obtained his Postgraduate Diploma in
Composition at the Mannes College of Music in New York,
USA. Upon his return to the Philippines in 1971, he taught
composition, ear training, and orchestration at the Sta.
Isabel College of Music in Manila.

40. Dadap started composing when he was still studying at Silliman
University in the southern city of Dumaguete. Among his numerous
compositions are The Passionate and the Wild (1960), Mangamuyo
I (1976) and Mangamuyo II (1977), The Redemption (1974), Five
Little Fingers (1975), Tubig ng Buhay (1986), Dakilang
Pagpapatawad (1986), Andres Bonifacio, Ang Dakilang Anak
Pawis, Ang Pag-ibig ng Diyos, Balitaw Nos. 1-7, Lam- ang Epic,
Lorenzo Ruiz, Chorale Symphonic Ode Nos. 1 and 2, Aniway at
Tomaneg, Song Cycle, Nos. 1-4, Choral Cycle Nos. 1-3, and Diyos
Ama ay Purihin. His major works as composer-conductor were
performed at the concert “LAHI” that featured works by local major
composers

41. FRANCISCO F. FELICIANO
(1942 – 2014)
National Artist for Music

42. Francisco F. Feliciano, avant garde
composer and conductor for band and
chorus, was born on February 19, 1942 in
Morong, Rizal. His first exposure to music
was with the Morriz Band, a brass
ensemble established and owned by his
father, Maximiano Feliciano. He started
his music career in the high school band
where he had played the cymbals and the
clarinet.

43. Feliciano became the choir conductor and instructor in music
fundamentals at St. Andrews Seminary in Quezon City. He
became an instructor at the UP Conservatory of Music and
conducted the UP Symphony Orchestra. He was the musical
director of the movie Ang Bukas ay Atin and provided
orchestration for a number of musical productions including My
Fair Lady and various Philippine productions. Feliciano
composed more than 30 major works, including the musical
dramas Sikhay sa Kabila ng Paalam, Ashen Wings, and the
monumental three-act opera La Loba Negra (1984). He also
wrote music for the orchestra such as Prelude and Toccata
(1973), Fragments (1976), Life of Wartime Filipino Hero Jose
Abad Santos, and the ballet Yerma (1982).

44. Among his other large works are Transfiguration and
Missa Mysterium for orchestra and large chorus. He
has composed several prize winning works such as
Pokpok Alimpako, (a favorite piece of choirs in
international choral competitions), Salimbayan,
Umiinog, and Walang Tinag (Perpetuum I mobile)
which was premiered at the ISCM Festival in New
York City, USA. His latest choral works, Pamugún
and Restless, have been performed by Filipino choirs
in various choral festivals in Europe. In 1977, he was
given a John D. Rockefeller III Award in Music
Composition.

45. Feliciano composed hundreds of liturgical
pieces, mass settings, hymns, and songs for
worship. He founded the Asian Institute for
Liturgy and Music (AILM) in Quezon City, a
school for church musicians, and supervised
the publication of a new Asian hymnal
containing mostly works of Asian composers.
He was conferred the title of National Artist
for Music in 2014. He died on September 19,
2014.

46. Chino Toledo
Born: March 6, 1959

47. Josefino “Chino” Toledo is a recognized
figure in the Asian contemporary art music
scene. He received his Master of Music
degree from the Cleveland Institute of
Music, USA. Among his awards are the
following: “Ten Outstanding Young Men”
(TOYM); “International Award for the Arts”;
“Civitella Ranieri Fellowship in Italy”; and
the “Chancellor Awards for Outstanding
Musical Works,” University of the
Philippines.

48. Josefino “Chino” Toledo is a
composer, conductor, and a
recognized figure in Asian
contemporary art music and a
leading voice among the new
generation of contemporary
artists.
Chino Toledo

49. Toledo is noted for premiering
works of Filipino composers as
well as other Asian composers.
His music is characterized by
great energy and often bears a
relationship to the traditional
music of Southeast Asia.
Chino Toledo

50. He has conducted concerts in Japan,
Indonesia, Australia and China. His
work, Mga Sulyap sa Simbahan ng
Quiapo Mula sa Kalye Echague
(Glimpes of Quiapo Church from
Echague Street) was written for 18
instrumentalists, and included a
Philippine ritual chant as a way to
mingle the old with new materials.

51. AUIT
(Excerpt)
Josefino Toledo

52. JONAS BAES
(1961 – )

53. Jonas Baes was born in Los Baños, Laguna in 1961.
He enrolled at the College of Music, University of
the Philippines (UP) in 1977 as a student of
Ramon P. Santos.While at UP, he encountered the
works of Jose Maceda and attended several
seminar-workshops of visiting lecturers. He
researched on the music of the Iraya-Mangyan
people of Mindoro, which later became the
inspiration for his compositions. From 1992- 1994,
he studied with Mathias Spahlinger in Freiburg,
Germany.

54. Jonas Baes, Associate Professor in
Composition and Theory,
ethnomusicologist, cultural
activist, and writer, has explored
innovative territories and unusual
musical treatments in his works.

55. ACTIVITY

56. “FILL THE BOX”
The students will
complete the table.
New Music Composer Title of Musical Work
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

57. QUIZ

58. IDENTIFICATIONS.
1. He Considered as the first
Filipino Avant Garde composer, He
also worked at Recording studio in
Paris in 1958 which specialized in
musique concrete.

59. 2. When he was 11years old,
He gave his first public
performance at the Bamboo
Organ in Las piῆas. What is
the name of this composer?

60. 3.He became the choir conductor
and instructor in music
fundamentals at St. Andrews
Seminary in Quezon City. What is
the name of this composer?

61. 4. He was born on March
6,1959. He received his
Master of Music degree
From the Cleveland Institute
of Music, USA. What is the
name of this composer?

62. 5. He was born in Los Baῆos, Laguna
in 1961. He enrolled at the College of
Music, University of the Philippines
(UP) in 1977 as a student of Ramon
P. Santos. What is the name of this
composer?

63. 1.JOSE MACEDA
2.MANUEL MARAMBA
3.FRANSISCO FELICIANO
4.JOSEFINO TOLEDO
5.JONAS BAES