20th century composer grade 10

1. 20th Century
Traditional
Composers

2. FRANCISCO B. BUENCAMINOSR.

3. FRANCISCOB. BUENCAMINO SR.
(1883 – 1952)
•November 5, 1883 in Bulacan. Son of a musically
inclined couple.
•Fortunato Buencamino, a church organist and band
master.
•Luisa Beltran, a noted singer.
• Studied music composition and harmony at Liceo de
Manila. Unfortunately, he was not able to finish.

4. Buencamino’s compositions include
• Harana, Pandanggo ni Neneng,
• Collar de Sampaguita, Dulces las Horas,
• Mayon (Fantasia de Concierto),
• My Soul’s Lament, Larawan, Mazurka,
• Boholana, Mi Bandera, Princesa ng Kumintang,
• Maligayang Bati, Ang Bukang Liwayway,
Pandanggo ni Neneng,
• Ang Bagong Balitaw, Himig ng Nayon,
Damdamin (Romance), and Pizzicato Caprice

5. • Many of his piano works have become a
staple part of the Philippine repertoire of
today’s young students, especially Mayon,
Larawan, and Maligayang Bati.
• He also wrote several zarzuelas and
kundimans.
• He passed away on October 16, 1952 after
which a posthumous award honored him
with the title “Outstanding Composer.”

6. Francisco Santiago

7. FranciscoSantiago
(1889 – 1947)
• “Father of the Kundiman”
• “Triumvirate of Filipino Composers.”
• Music specialization
– American Conservatory of Music in Chicago,
Doctorate Degree in 1924.
Music Style:
– Romantic in style, incorporating Western forms and
techniques with folk materials.

8. • He composed such as:
– kundiman, symphonies, piano concertos, and other
music pieces for the piano, violin, and voice
• Musical director for films.
– Kundiman,
– Leron Leron Sinta,
– Madaling Araw,
– Manileña, and the movie inspired by his own
composition “Pakiusap”
• first Filipino Director, UP Conservatory of Music.

9. Among his famous works are:
• Pakiusap,
• Madaling Araw,
• Sakali Man,
• Hibik ng Pilipinas,
• Ano Kaya ang Kapalaran, and Kundiman
(Anak Dalita).
– This piece was sung before the Royal
Court of Spain upon the request of King
Alfonso II.

11. NICANORABELARDO

12. NICANORABELARDO
(1893 – 1934)
• “Triumvirate of Filipino Composers”
• He studied music at the Chicago Music College
and was influenced by the musical styles of
Schoenberg, Hindemith and Stravinsky.
• Music Style:
– European romanticism with chromaticism.

13. • His compositions contain
– hazy tones, dissonance and unusual chordal
combinations found in such works as Cinderella
Overture, Panoramas, and a violin sonata.
• Considered a composer in the Romantic style.
• Compositions include:
– Mutya ng Pasig, Nasaan Ka Irog, Cavatina for
Violoncello, and Magbalik Ka Hirang.

14. ANTONIOJ. MOLINA

15. ANTONIOJ. MOLINA
(1894 – 1980)
National Artist for Music
• first National Artist for Music,
• “Triumvirate of Filipino Composers”
• He began his music career as an orchestral
soloist at the Manila Grand Opera House.
• 1948 to 1970. Dean, Centro Escolar University
Conservatory of Music.

16. • Music Style:
• Product of both the Romantic and Impressionist
schools of thought.
• Dynamics and harmonies of Debussy,
• Romantic style in his melody
• Impressionist work
– is his piano work Malikmata (Transfiguration).

17. • The mysteriously exotic chords of this piece
gradually lead to a lyrical melody, with the
traditional harmonies abruptly returning to the
initial mood.
• Molina wrote several compositions
– piano, violin and
– Spanish-style opera form (zarzuela)
• Poignantly romantic serenade
– violin and piano “Hatinggabi”. Subsequent
transcriptions of this piece were written for the
cello, flute, piano, and guitar

18. • Other works by Molina include
– orchestral music - Misa Antoniana Grand
Festival Mass, Ang Batingaw, Kundiman-
Kundangan;
– chamber music - String Quartet, Kung sa
Iyong Gunita, Pandangguhan; and
– vocal music - Amihan, Awit ni Maria Clara,
and Larawan Nitong Pilipinas.
• 1973, National Artist for Music award.
• January 29, 1980. He passed away.

19. HILARION RUBIO Y FRANCISCO

20. HILARIONRUBIOY FRANCISCO
(1902 – 1985)
• October 21, 1902 in Bacoor, Cavite.
• A composer, music teacher, conductor, choirmaster
clarinetist
• Conductor for opera, ballet, dance recitals, and movie
music.
• First interest in music, the “Bacoor Band.” At Age of 8,
member of the Bacoor Band as a clarinetist.
• First composition Unang Katas
• First music lessons, with Fr. Amando Buencamino,
solfeggio and some musical instruments.

21. • Member of the Lyric Theater Orchestra, Trozo Band in
Benavides Street, and the Band Moderna in Tondo.
• He co-founded the Anak Zapote Band.
• became a bandleader and conductor of the ROTC Band of
the Conservatory of Music, University of the Philippines
(UP) and played the violin and timpani with the UP Junior
Symphony Orchestra.
• Vice President of the PASAMBAP (Pambansang Samahan
ng mga Banda sa Pilipinas),
• the National Band Association, board and
• charter member of the League of Filipino composers, and
• the first President of the Philippine Bandmaster’s
Association.

22. • He was conductor of the National Opera
Company for 23 years from 1937 to 1960.
• Rubio’s compositions include:
– Bulaklaken,
– Theme and Variations for Band,
– Dance of the Nymphs Rondo,
– Florente at Laura (overture),
– Halik, Danza, Unang Katas,
– Twopart Invention (piano),
– Ang Konsyerto (ballet),

23. COL. ANTONINOBUENAVENTURA

24. COL. ANTONINOBUENAVENTURA
(1904 – 1996)
National Artist for Music
• composer, conductor, and teacher.
• His father Lucio
– chief musician of the Spanish artillery band in
Intramuros and founder of Banda Buenaventura
• Demonstrated a passion for music while learning
the rudiments of music and solfeggio .
• proficient clarinet player.

25. • at age19, Conservatory of Music, University of the
Philippines (UP).
• Teacher’s Diploma in Science and Composition at UP.
• Nicanor Abelardo and Francisco Santiago were among
his famous mentors.
• led the UP ROTC Band and established the UP Junior
Orchestra which was the first collegiate orchestra in the
country.
• Institute of International Education in New York.

26. • He was a music instructor and band conductor of
the Philippine Military Academy (PMA).
• 1945, restored the Philippine Constabulary Band.
• Philippine Constabulary Band
– “one of the best military bands in the world.” renamed
the (Philippine Army Band).
He also founded the San Pablo Music Academy in
Laguna.

27. • Faculty member of the UP Conservatory of Music.
• 1961, Music director of the Conservatory of Music,
UST
• 1964, School of Music and Arts, UE.
• composed the music and folk dance notations for the
dance researches of Aquino.
• popular compositions, remains a favorite
performance repertoire of many folk dance
companies.
• 1988, National Artist for Music.

28. • As a multi-awarded musician,
– Minuet,
– Mindanao Sketches,
– Divertimento for Piano and
– Orchestra,
– Variations and Fugue, and
– Greetings based on Philippine folk music.
– Pandanggo sa Ilaw,

29. RODOLFOS. CORNEJO

30. RODOLFO S. CORNEJO
(1909 – 1991)
• May 15, 1909 in Singalong, Manila.
• at age 6, formal music lessons inspired by his
mother.
• Organist of the Pasay Catholic Church.
• at age 10, started composing entitled Glissando
Waltz , military march entitled Salute.
• At age 14, 26 of Cornejo’s compositions were
already listed by the United Publishing
Company Inc.

31. • Pianist director of a USO concert unit that
entertained the Allied Forces at the E.T.O., the
Marianas, and the Hawaiian Islands during
World War II.
• soloist of the Manila Symphony Orchestra,
Filipinas Youth Symphony Orchestra, and UP
Symphony Orchestra.
• musical director of the Sampaguita and Vera-
Perez Movie Companies.
• Since 1978, he held concerts in the United
States.

32. His compositional output includes:
– A la Juventud Filipina,
– Bailes de Ayer,
– Caprice on a Folksong,
– Cello Sonata,
– Ibong Adarna,
– Kandingan,
– Malakas at Maganda,
– Overture,
– Okaka,
– Oriental Fantasy, Piano Concerto Nos. 1,2,3,
Ruby, and Song of the Miners.

33. FELIPE PADILLA DE LEON SR.

34. FELIPE PADILLA DE LEON SR.
(1912 – 1992)
• National Artist for Music
• May 1, 1912 in Barrio Papaya (now General
Tinio) in Penaranda, Nueva Ecija.
• He is the son of Juan de Leon and Natalia
Padilla.
• Married pianist Iluminada Mendoza with six
children.

35. • FELIPE PADILLA DE LEON SR.
Children:
–Bayani is a well-known composer, and
–Felipe Jr. is a writer and the chairman of the
National Commission for Culture and the Arts
(NCCA).
• De Leon’s talent in painting and drawing.

36. De Leon wrote piano compositions:
• hymns,
• marches,
• art songs,
• chamber music,
• symphonic poems,
• overtures,
• band music,
• school songs,
• orchestral works,
• operas,
• kundiman, and
• zarzuelas.

37. • known as a nationalist composer who expressed
the Philippines' cultural identity through his
compositions.
• Two operas which are considered his
masterpieces are the:
– Noli Me Tangere (1957) and
– El Filibusterismo (1970).

38. • He also wrote a march during the Japanese
regime entitled
– Tindig,
– Aking Inang Bayan,
– And another march Bagong Lipunan during the
martial law .
• He wrote the popular Christmas carols
– Payapang Daigdig (1946),
– Noche Buena, and
– Pasko Na Naman, both in 1965.

39. • 1997, posthumous award as National Artist for
Music.
• He died on December 5, 1992.

40. LUCIOSAN PEDRO

41. LUCIOSAN PEDRO
(1913 – 2002)
• National Artist for Music.
• February 11, 1913 inAngono, Rizal.
• Since his elementary days, he started
composing.
• He studied the banjo which inspired him to
become a serious musician.
• Music Degree, University of the Philippines
and the Juilliard School in New York, USA.

42. • known as a “romantic nationalist.
• Music Style:
– Philippine folk elements with Western forms and
harmony.
• His chords have a rich expressive tonality, as
represented in his well-loved
– Sa Ugoy ng Duyan, a lullaby melody sung by his
mother.
• His orchestral compositions are best
represented by the Suite Pastorale (1956),

43. • a poetic aural description of his hometown
Angono, and his nationalistic symphonic poem
Lahing Kayumanggi(1962).
• Other compositions include songs, pieces for
violin, cello, and chorus.
• the symphonic band, prolific and productive
both as composer and conductor.

44. ROSENDO E. SANTOS JR.

45. ROSENDO E. SANTOS JR.
(1922 – 1994)
• September 3, 1922 in Cavite City.
• At age 11, he started composing band
marches, instrumental, and vocal scores, as
well as music for Catholic masses.
• He studied in Cavite schools and later
graduated from the UP Conservatory of Music
where he eventually became a faculty
member.

46. • he had composed several piano concerti,
sonatas, symphonies, symphonic poems, five
operas in Filipino, numerous band overtures,
and more than 200 marches.
• He had also written 50 masses in Latin and 20
in English.
• He has more than 1,000 musical compositions
in the library of the University of the
Philippines. Santos’ last musical work and only
ballet composition, Melinda’s Masquerade,

47. • Melinda’s Masquerade, was performed in
1995, a year after his death.
• Santos passed away on November 4, 1994 in
Swoyersville, Pennsylvania, USA.

48. ALFREDO BUENAVENTURA

49. ALFREDOBUENAVENTURA (1929)
• October 14, 1929 in Sta. Maria, Bulacan in Sta.
Maria, Bulacan.
• composer, conductor and teacher.
• He grew up in a musical environment and
became a band member in his hometown at a
young age.
• He grew up in a musical environment and
became a band member in his hometown at a
young age.

50. • He was drawn by his fascination with trumpets
and trombones and became one of its arrangers
and conductors.
• He was one of twenty boy sopranos of Tiples at
Sto. Domingo Church from where he received his
first significant musical training. At that time, he
also wrote his first composition, Danza ..

51. • A prolific composer, Buenaventura has
composed over 50 major works including:
– five full-length operas,
– operettas,
– dance dramas,
– cantatas,
– symphonies,
– concertos,
– ballets,
– overtures,
– prelude,
– fugues, and
– chamber music

52. Some of his major works include the operas:
– Maria Makiling (1961),
– Diego Silang (1966),
– Prinsesa Urduha (1969),
– cantatas Ang Ating Watawat(1965),
– Pasko ng Barangay (1964),
• three piano concertos subtitled
– Celebration,
– Determination, and
– Exultation,

53. • symphonies such as
– Dakilang Lahi (1971),
– Gomburza (1981), and Rizal,
– the Great Malayan Antagonist (1990).
minor works, 50 cover.
– religious songs and
– hymns for specific celebrations such
As:
• the Sixteenth Centenary of St. Augustine,
• Mass for the 400th Year of the Augustinian
Recollect, and
• the Philippine Music Festival.

54. • musical works have been commissioned by the
Cultural Center of the Philippines,Metropolitan
Theater, and the National Music Competitions
for Young Artists (NAMCYA).
• compositional style:
– contemporary and conventional materials.
– melodies simple and understandable but with
contemporary harmonies that enhance their
complexity.

55. CIPRIANO “RYAN” CAYABYAB

56. CIPRIANO “RYAN” CAYABYAB
• popular contemporary composer
• classical compositions:
– Misa, Four Poems for Soprano and Piano, and Te
Deum
• compositional style:
– syncopation, extended chords, and chromatic
harmony.

57. • Numerous compositions are the award-
winning
– Kay Ganda ng Ating Musika (1978), as well as the
– modern zarzuela Alikabok (2003),
– the opera Spoliarium with libretto by Fides
Cuyugan-Asensio, and
– a variety of choral pieces and song cycles.
produced a number of recordings, including the
memorable album One, where he personally sang the
unaccompanied songs on different tracks to produce
16 voices.

58. • May 4, 1954 in Manila
• Bachelor of Music degree at the University of
the Philippines’ College of Music.
• faculty member for Composition at the same
University
• Executive and Artistic Director of the San
Miguel Foundation for the Performing Arts.
– operations and programming of the San Miguel
Philharmonic Orchestra and the San Miguel Master
Chorale.

59. • At present, he continues to be a much sought-
after professor, musical director, composer,
arranger, and conductor in the Philippine
concert and recording scenes.

60. THANK YOU!