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Jose Maceda
(1917 2004)
National Artist for Music
Maceda
combined
sounds of the
environment
with ethnic
music.
- He was considered
as the First Filipino
Avant Garde
Composer
- He specialized in
musique concrete in
1958, Paris.
- He served as prof. of
piano and musicology at
the College of Music, UP.
-Appointed Executive
Directo of its Center for
Ethnomusicology
- Conferred the honor of
National artist for music,
1997
Compositions:
- ugma-ugma
-Agungan
-Pagsamba
-Casettes 100
-Ugnayan
-udlot-udlot
Lucrecia KAsilag
(1918 - 2008)
National Artist for Music
- Kasilags 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.
COMPOSITIONS:
- Toccata for Percussion
& Winds
- The Legend of
sarimanok
- Divertissement &
concertante
- Dularawan
RAMON P.
SANTOS
(1941 - )
National Artist for Music
COMPOSITIONS:
- Ding Ding Nga Diyawa
- Nabasag Na Banga at
ibat iba pang pinagugpong-ugpong na
Pananalita sa Wikang
Pilipino Para sa Labing
Anim Na Tinig
- Lbad
- He earned with
distinction the degree
of Master of Arts In
Church Music.
- Teachers Certificate in
Organ
- Age 19: he performed
at Carnegie Hall.
- He received a Masters
Degree of Musical Arts in
Performance from Yale
Unversitys School of
Music, USA.
- He also studied sacred
music at the
Kirchenmusikschule in
Regensburg, Germany.
COMPOSITIONS:
-Operas: Aba! Sto. Nino, La
Naval, Lord Takayama Ukon
- Awakening, Seven Mansions
(commissioned by Ballet
Philippines)
- Papal Mass For World Youth Day
- Mass in honor of St. Lorenzo
Ruiz
- Mass in Honor of the Sto. Nino
Jerry DadaP
(1935 - )
- Born: November 5,
1935 in Hinunangan,
Southern Leyte
- The first filipino
composer to conduct
his own works at the
Carnegie Recital Hall in
New York.
- He received a full
scholarship grant from
the United Presbyterian
Church of USA from 19691971.
- He obtained his
Postgraduate Diploma in
Composition at the
Mannes College of Music
in New York, USA.
- 1971: He taught
composition, ear training,
and orchestration at the
Sta. Isabel College of
Music in Manila.
COMPOSITIONS:
- The Passionate and the
Wild
- Mangamuyo I & II
- Five Little Fingers
- Tubig Ng Buhay
- Dakilang Pagpapatawad
- Andres Bonifacio
- Ang Dakilang Anak Pawis
- Ang Pag-ibig ng Diyos
Francisco F. Feliciano
(1942 2014)
- Master in Music
Composition UP
- Diploma in Music
Composition Berlin,
Germany
- Master of Musical Arts
and Doctorate in Music
Composition Yale
University School of
Music.
Compositions:
- Prelude and Tocatta
- Fragments
- Life of Wartime Filipino
Hero Jose Abad Santos
- Ballet: Yerma
- Transfiguration
- Missa Mysterium
- PokPok Alimpako
-Recognized figure in
the Asian
Contemporary art
music scene.
-Master of Music
Degree Cleveland
Institute of Music,
USA.
-Served at the
Pangkat Kawayan
(Bamboo Orchestra)
1966-1979.
-Principal
Percussionist of the
Manila Symphony
Orchestra, 19801983
AWARDS:
- Ten Outstanding Young
Men (TOYM)
- International Award for
the Arts
- Civitella Ranieri
Fellowship in Italy
- Chancellor Awards for
Outstanding Musical
Works.
JONAS BAES
(1961 - )
-1992-1994: he
studied in Freiburg,
Germany.
-He is known for
writing music
utilizing unorthodox
musical instruments.
AWARDS:
-Gawad Chancellor
Para Sa
Pinakamahusay na
Mananaliksik (Hall of
Fame, 2003)
COMPOSITIONS:
- Imgined Community
- After Benedict Anderson
- Wala (Nothingness)
- Daluy
- Ibon-ibon
- Salaysay
- Patangis-Buwaya
- Pantawag
- Basbasan