Traditional Composers
Nicanor Abelardo –
● Composed his first composition entitled “Ang Unang Buko” which was dedicated to his grandmother.
● Composed the melody of the University of the Philippine’s official anthem, “UP Naming Mahal”.
FAMOUS WORKS:
● Nasaan Ka Irog?
● Kundiman ng Luha
● Mutya ng Pasig
● Bituing Marikit
Felipe Padilla de Leon – a composer, conductor, and a teacher.
Gained awards:
● National Artist for Music 1997
● Conferred Honorary Degree, Doctor of Philosophy in the Humanities, UP 1991
● First Cultural Achievement Award. 1975
● Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan Award 1971
● Republic Cultural Heritage Award 1971
● Rizal Pro-Patria Award 1961
● Presidential Medal of Merit 1961
● Musician of the Year 1958
● Composer of the Year 194
FAMOUS WORKS:
● Pasko Na Naman
● Noli Me Tangere
● El Filibusterismo
● Tindig, Aking Inang Bayan
● Bagong Pagsilang
● Noche Buena
● Mutya ng Lahi
● Ako’y Pilipino
● Lupang Tinubuan
Lucio San Pedro - was a composer, conductor and a teacher.
● Musical philosophy was described in his composition.
● He had written masses, hymns, choral works, songs for solo voices, chamber and orchestral music,
incidental music, and background music for movies.
FAMOUS WORKS:
● Sa Lupang Sarili
● Violin Concerto in D minor
● Transfiguration of Christ
● Divertimento for Woodwind Quartet
● Lahing Kayumanggi Overture
● Malakas at Maganda Overture
● Suite Patorale
● The Redeemer
● Santo Nino Mass
● Simbang Gabi
● Sa Ugoy ng Duyan
Antonio Molina - was a composer, conductor, teacher, and a violinist.
● His style of composition used whole-tone and pentatonic scale, chords of ninth and eleventh, and linear
counterpoint.
● He was known as the Claude Debussy of the Philippines.
FAMOUS WORKS:
● Matinal
● Lameros de Mi Patria
● Magsimula Ka
● Misa Antonia Grand Festival Mass
● Prelude and Romanz for Cello and Piano
● Bontoc Rhapsody for string Quartet
● Suite Pastorale
● Hatinggabi – a danza composition for violin and piano accompaniment first published in 1932.
Hilarion Rubio - A composer, conductor, clarinetist, timpanist and a teacher.
● He played clarinet with the Bacoor band and composed his first musical composition when he was 8 years
old.
FAMOUS WORKS:
● Panamin Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
● Symphony for Greatness
● To the Filipino Youth
● Kundiman, Palaboy ng Diyos, and Kaban ng Tipan
Rodolfo Cornejo - A pianist/organist, conductor, and composer.
● As a gifted musician, at an early age he was able to write his first composition, “Glissando Waltz”
● He founded and directed the Manila Conservatory of Music.
Ryan Cayabyab - A teacher, composer, arranger, conductor, pianist, producer, and musical director.
● Established a music school, the Ryan Cayabyab Music Studio.
● Currently the executive director of the Philpop MusicFest Foundation Inc.
● He is known as the “Maestro” or “The Mr. C” of the Philippines.
FAMOUS WORKS:
● Alikabok
● El Filibusterismo
● Katy
● Kumukuti-kutitap
● Liman-Dipang Tao
● Misa 2000
● Noli Me Tangere
● Paraiso
● Te Deum
● Tsismis
● Tuloy na Tuloy pa rin ang Pasko
● Tuwing Umuulan at Kapiling Ka
● Kay Ganda ng ATing Musika
Photography and Filmmaking
Camera – is a light proof object with a lens that captures incoming light and directs the light and resulting image
toward film or imaging device.
Film – is a thin flexible strip of plastic or other material coated with light-sensitive emulsion for exposure in a camera
used to produce photographs or motion pictures.
Photography used because of the following reasons:
● as a medium of news and information about the colony,
● as a tool for tourism,
● as an instrument for anthropology,
● as a means for asserting social status,
● as an implement for historical documentation,
● as a device for communication
● as materials for propaganda, and
● and as a source of ideas for illustrations and engravings.
Eduardo Masferre
● known as the Father of Photography
Albert Honiss
● established the first known actively operational photo studio.
● popular producer of commercial visiting cards and aesthetic picture portraits.
Felix Laureano
● one of the first photographers of Filipino nationality.
● His pictorial compositions were En el Baño and Cuadrilleros.
● Focuses on human forms, cockfights, and bullfights in the Philippines.
● First photographer to publish a book of photographs about the Philippines called Recuerdos de Filipinas.
● Known as the First Filipino Photographer.
George Tapan
● Is a well-known award-winning travel photographer.
● Won two Pacific Asia Tourism Association Gold Awards.
John Chua
● Is a remarkable seasoned advertising and commercial photographer with more than forty years of
experience in the Philippine photography industry.
Jose Nepomuceno
● Known as the Father of Philippine Movies
● First Filipino who made a moving picture.
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Julian Manansala
● Known as the Father of Nationalistic Film.
Laurice Guillen
● Directed the film Tanging Yaman in 2001 which won Best Picture in MMFF
the 1950's – were considered the Golden Age of Philippine filmmaking.
