Philippine Popular Music • vocal and instrumental music genres POP • media and is also subject to selling • refers generally to music that is easily accessible by the public through mass Examples:  Kay Ganda Ng Ating Musika by Ryan Cayabyab - won Grand Prize in the Metro Manila Pop Music  Batang-bata Ka Pa of APO Hiking Society FUSION • a style of music infusing World music elements Examples:  Magkaugnay by Joey Ayala  Panorama by Diwa De Leon  Alak, Sugal, Kape, Babae, Kabaong of Radioactive Sago Project NOVELTY • comical popular songs that may be for a current situation or holiday Example:  History of the Philippines of Yoyoy Villame HIP HOP • a style of music incorporationg complex, stylized rhythms that is often accompanied by rapping FOLK ROCK • a style of music combining folk and rock elements. Examples:  Mga Kababayan Ko by Francis Magalona  Anak by Freddie Aguilar - became a finalist in the Metro Manila Pop Music Cultural Context (history and traditions) • OPM and Songwriting Competitions (e.g. Metro Manila Pop Music) • Non-formal venues (bars, stadium, coliseum, outdoor, etc.) • Internet and Technology Social Functions • Nationalism and Social Relevance • Self-expression • Entertainment

1. COMPOSED
INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC

2. INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
 SOLO:
• Music that is meant to be performed by a single performer.
 ORCHESTRAL
• Music that is arranged for and meant to be played by an orchestra. A basic
orchestra is composed of four sections of instruments: strings, woodwinds,
brass, and percussion.
 LARGE WORK
• Music that is arranged for a variety of instruments, sometimes including
human made sounds (i.e. voice). Performers can even reach up to a
thousand.
 OPERA/NEW MUSIC
• Originating from the term Neue Musik (German) that was coined by Paul
Bekke in 1919. This refers to “contemporary classical/ serious music.

3. ANTONIO MOLINA (Music 1973)
 Antonio J. Molina (1894-1980), was a Filipino composer, conductor and
music administrator who was named a National Artist of the Philippines
for his services to music.
 He was also known as Claude Debussy of the Philippines due to his use
of impressionism in music.
 His firs composition was “Matinal” in 1912.
 Molina’s most familiar composition is “Hatinggabi”, a serenade for a
solo violin and piano accompaniment.
 “Malikmata”- is a mirage, an illusion. This haunting emphatic yet
occasionally gentle composition was by Filipino National Artist Antonio
Molina.

4. ANTONIO BUENAVENTURA (Music 1988)
 Antonio Buenaventura “Colonel Antonio Buenaventura” was born on
May 4, 1904 in Baliaug, Bulacan. He inherited his interest in music
and military from his father, Lucino Buenaventura.
 He was born to a family of musicians and actively involved in the
band.
 He was also a conductor and restored the Philippine Army Band to
its former prestige as one of the finest military bases in the world
making it “the only band that can sound like a symphony orchestra.”
 In his compositions, he tries to capture the Filipino spirit as a
whole. He also composed short piano pieces to full-length ballets.

5. LUCRECIA KASILAG
 Lucrecia Roces Kasilag was born on August 31, 1918 in San
Fernando, La Union. Music was introduced to her at an early age by
her mother, Asuncion Roces, a music teacher. She is an educator,
composer and performer.
 Kasilag was known for incorporating indigenous Filipino music with
Western influences, thus paving the way for more experimentation
among Filipino musicians.
 Not only a composer, but also a teacher and performing artist,
Lucrecia R. Kasilag was named National Artist in Music in 1989. She
fused Filipino ethnic music with Western music, using indigenous
instruments in orchestral productions. She has over 250
compositions, and, a leader in music education, she is considered
the “First Lady of Philippine Music.”

6. JOEY MACEDA (Music 1997)
 Jose Montserrat Maceda (January 31, 1917- May 5, 2004) was a
Filipino composer and ethnomusicologist.
 Jose Maceda, composer, musicologist, teacher and performer,
explored the musicality of the Filipino deeply.
 Maceda embarked on a life-long dedication to the
understanding and popularization of Filipino traditional music.
 Maceda’s researches and fieldwork have resulted in the
collection of an immense number of recorded music taken from
the remotest mountain villages and farthest island
communities.

7. SOCIAL FUNCTIONS:
 Awareness and Quest for a National Identity (League of
Filipino Composers)
 Artistry in the Society
PERFORMANCE/TECHNIQUES
 New Music in Southeast Asia

8. SYNTHESIS
 In the search for a national identity, Filipinos made music
as a means to express who they were. Four of these
composers- Molina, Buenaventura, Kasilag, and Maceda-have
successfully stamped a Filipino identity in their
artistic creations. Their works drew inspiration from their
being Filipino; from our country, our people, ur culture,
our traditions, and freely used our own instruments,
system of notation, Filipino terms, and tunes to truly
dpict who we are.