National Artist of the

Philippines for Music

MUSIC -an art of sound in time that
expresses ideas and emotions
in significant forms through the
elements of rhythm, melody,
harmony, and color.
According to Musicologist Corazon Caneve-
Dioquino
-There were no descriptions of Philippine
music during the precolonization times.
-But when the colonizer came, Philippine
music were change, music is being taught
in schools, zarzuela entered the scene,
and
 Instruments Being
usedof various kinds of size & shapes
-Gongs
-Drums
-Flutes of different types
-Zithers
-Lutes
-Clappers
Gongs
Drums
Flutes
Zithers
Lutes
Clappers
 Works song related to the following
-Planting
-Harvesting
-Fishing
-Ritual songs to drive away evil spirit or
to invoke blessings from the good spirit
-Songs to celebrate festive occasions
particularly marriage
-Birth
-Victory at war or the settling of tribal
disputes
-Mourning songs for the dead
-Courting songs
-Children’s game songs
National Artist for Music

Antonino R. Buenaventura
-Antonino R. Buenaventura
-Born on May 4 1904-1996
-Year of Conferment: 1988
-According to NCCA, is a musical career
“that spanned seven decades of unwavering
commitment to advancing the frontiers of
the Philippine music”
-He popularized folksongs by creating music
based on the wide array of folksongs from
various ethnic group in the Philippines
-He also brought the Philippines Army band
back to its glory, which was recognized as
“the only band that can sound like a
symphony orchestra”
 His Notable works are:
-Ode to Freedom
-Echoes of the Past
-Echoes from the Philippines
-History Fantasy
-Triumphal March
National Artist for Music

Francisco Feliciano
-Francisco Feliciano
-1941-2014
-Year of Conferment: 2014
-He was a Prolific composer of over 30
major works
-He studied music at the University of the
Philippines, the Hochschule der Kuenste in
Berlin, Germany, & the Yale University School
of Music
-He was mentored by internationally
renowned conductors and composers
such as Martin Behrmann, Jacob
Druckman, Isang Yun, H. W. Zimmerman &
Krystof Penderecki.
-He also received the John D. Rockefeller
Award in Music Composition in 1977
 His Compositions are
-La Loba Negra
-Ashen Wings
-Sikhay Sa kabila ng Paalam(Beyond
the Farewell)
-Yerma
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NICE DAY!!!
Ernani j. Cuenco
 (May 10, 1936 –
June 11, 1988)
Year of
conferment:
1999
was a Filipino composer,[1] film scorer, musical
director and music teacher and Philippine
National Artist for Music. He wrote an
outstanding and memorable body of works that
resonate with the Filipino sense of musicality
and which embody an ingenious voice that
raises the aesthetic dimensions of contemporary
Filipino music. Cuenco played with the Filipino
Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Manila
Symphony Orchestra from 1960 to 1968, and the
Manila Chamber Soloists from 1966 to 1970.
He completed a music degree in piano and
cello from the University of Santo Tomas
where he also taught for decades until his
death in 1988.
He was proclaimed National Artist for Music
in 1999; He was an award-winning film
scorer in the early 1960s, working in
collaboration with National Artist for Music
Levi Celerio. He was also a teacher and a
seasoned orchestra player.
 works
His songwriting credits include:
• Nahan, Kahit na Magtiis
• Diligin Mo ng Hamog ang Uhaw na Lupa
• Pilipinas
• Inang Bayan
• Isang Dalangin
• Kalesa
• Bato sa Buhangin
• Gaano Ko Ikaw Kamahal.
 AWARDS
• FAMAS Award (Best Music) 1978

• FAMAS Award (Best theme song)

1977
• FAMAS Award (Best Music) 1976
Year of conferment: 1976
• Long before Lea Salonga’s break into
Broadway, there was already Jovita
Fuentes potrayal of Cio-cio san in Giacomo
Puccini’s Madame Butterfy at Italy’s Teatro
Municipale de Piacenza.
• On February 15, 1895, Jovita Fuentes,
dubbed the First Lady of Philippine
music, was born in the capital town of
Capiz (now Roxas City) in Capiz
Province.
 Works and Awards
WORK:
• Kalisod (Ah, Misery)
AWARDS:
• Presidential Medal of Merit in Music in 1958

• National Artist in Music in 1976

 Jose Montserrat
Maceda was a great
filipino composer and
ethnomusicologist.
Personalities working
in ethnomusicology
have training in music,
cultural anthropology,
legend, performance
studies, dance, and
cultural studies,
making the
Year of Conferment: 1997 understanding of such
music interdisciplinary.
• Starting in 1952, he conducted fieldwork
on the ethnic Music of the Philippines. From
about 1954, he was involved in the research
and composition of mosique concrete.

• As an ethnomusicologist, Maceda
investigated various forms of music in
Southeast Asia, producing numerous
papers and even composing his own
pieces for southeast Asian instruments.
His notable works include:
• Pagsamba for 116 instruments, 100 mixed and
25 male voices (1968)

• Cassete 100 for 100 casssete players (1971)

• Ugnayan for 20 radio stations (1974)
• Udlot-Udlot for several hundred to several
thousand people (1975)
• Suling-Suling for 10 flutes, 10 bamboo
buzzers and 10 flat gongs (1985)
He also composed for Western orchestra and
piano. The examples are:

• Distemperament for Orchestra (1992)

• Colors without Rhythm for orchestra

(1992)
•Sujeichon for 4 pianos (2002)
 AWARDS
• Guggenheim Foundation (1957-58)
• Rocketfeller Foundation (1968)
• Ordre des Palmes Academiques from
the Government France (1978)
• Fumio Koizumi Prize for Ethnomusicology in
Tokyo (1991)
• National Artist of the Philippines from
the Government of the Philippines (1997