Traditional Composers
1. Nicanor Abelardo –
- He was able to compose 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”.
- Among his famous works:
Nasaan Ka Irog?
Kundiman ng Luha
Mutya ng Pasig
Bituing Marikit
2. 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 1949
Among his famous works are the following:
Pasko Na Naman
Noli Me Tangere
El Filibusterismo
Tindig, Aking Inang Bayan
Bagong Pagsilang
Noche Buena
Mutya ng Lahi
Ako’y Pilipino
Lupang Tinubuan
3. 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.
Some of his famous compositions are:
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
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4. 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.
His famous works are the following:
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.
5. 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.
His major compositions are the following:
Panamin Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
Symphony for Greatness
To the Filipino Youth
Kundiman, Palaboy ng Diyos, and Kaban ng Tipan
6. 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.
7. 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.
Among his famous works are the following:
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 lightproof 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 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 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 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
1950’s – were considered as the Golden Age of Philippine filmmaking.
