This document discusses several types of traditional Filipino folk songs and dances: Folk songs express everyday life through music. Harana is a serenade practice of courtship. Polka is a dance in duple time that influenced Philippine folk songs like "Leron-Leron Sinta". Kumintang was a war song that inspired Filipinos fighting for freedom. Kundiman are passionate love songs that can also express heroism. Famous examples and composers of each type are provided.

1. Lesson 2:

3. Folk Song
Harana
Polka
Kumintang
Kundiman

4. Folk Song - it expresses the
people’s everyday activities,
customs, and beliefs which are
put together as music.
Example:
Santa Clara – the patroness of
Obando, Bulacan
Si Pilimon - Cebuano folk song.

5. Harana – is a Filipino word for
serenade, is a traditional practice
of courtship in which a young man
woos a maiden through a song.

6. Polka – it is a type of dance
written in duple time. It is the
national dance of Czech Republic.

7. Philippine folk song and dances formed
by polka:
“Leron-Leron Sinta,” “Magtanim ay ‘Di
Biro,” “Pamulenawen,” and
“Sitsiritsit”.
Other names of Polka:
 Polkabal – in Atimonan, Quezon
 Polka Salsa – in Calapan, Oriental
Mindoro

8. Kumintang – is the war son
that became famous for the
Batangeńos.
It is a kundiman that gave
inspiration among the Filipinos
who were involved in the
continuing fight for freedom.

9. Jocelyn Baliwag – a revolutionary
of Bulacan also known as
“Kundiman ng Himagsikan.”
Was most popular during the
Revolution of 1896.
This song was not only dedicated
to Josefa Tiongson y Lara “Pepita”
but also to the beloved
motherland, the Philippines.

10. Constancio de Guzman
(November 11 to August 16,
1982) – a music composer,
used this song form in 1928
when he set into music
Huseng Batute’s Patriotic
poem “Bayan Ko.”

11. Kundiman – is a traditional
Filipino song that expresses the
lofty sentiment of love and
even heroism, in a passionate
but melancholic mood.
It is said to be a contraction of
kung himdi man which means
“though I am not worthy.”

12. Example: Kundiman ni Rizal by
Dr. Jose Rizal.
Francisco Santiago (January
29, 1889 – September 28, 1947)
– is known as the “Father of
Kundiman Art Song” and was
the first to use folk songs in
complete classical sonata form.