TRADITIONAL COMPOSER

FELIPE P. DE LEON SR.

(1912-1992)
NATIONAL ARTIST FOR
MUSIC
 EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

In 1927, he took up Fine Arts at the University of the Philippines, but he

had to abandon his studies to make a living. He played the trombone in
cabarets and circuses, and later worked as an assistant conductor of the
Nueva Ecija High School Orchestra, where he started composing music.
To improve his composing skills he again enrolled to the University of the
Philippines, and graduated in 1939 with a diploma of music teacher and
conductor. Much later, he continued his studies under Vittorio
Giannini at the Juilliard School in New York, U.S.
 GREATEST CONTRIBUTION

De Leon wrote piano compositions, hymns, marches,art

songs, chamber music, symphonic poems, overtures, hand
music, school songs, orchestral works, operas, kundiman, and
zarzuelas. He was known a nationalist composer who
expressed the Philippines' cultural identity through his
compositions
 COMPOSITIONS

His two operas, Noli Me Tangere (1957) and El Filibusterismo (1970), are
considered his masterpieces and have been staged in the Philippines and
abroad. He also wrote march during the Japanes regime entitled
• Tindig
• Aking Inang Bayan
• and another march Bagong Lipunan during the martial law period.
He wrote the popular Christma carols
• Payapang Daigdig (1946)
• Noche Buena
• Pasko Nanaman both in (1965)
NEW MUSIC COMPOSER
FRANCISCO F. FELICIANO
(1942-2014)
NATIONAL ARTIST FOR
MUSIC
 EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Francisco Feliciano graduated from the University of the Philipines with a

Masters in Music Composition. He went to the Hochschule der
Kuenste in Berlin, Germany to obtain a diploma in Music Composition.
He later attended Yale University School of Music and graduated with a
Master of Musical Arts and a Doctorate in Musical Arts, Composition. His
teachers in conducting were Arthur Weisberg and Martin Behrmann,
while he studied composition under Jacob Druckman, Isang Yun, H.W.
Zimmerman and Krzysztof Penderecki
 GREATEST CONTRIBUTION

Feliciano composed hundreds of liturgical pieces, Mass

settings, hymns, and songs for worship. He founded the Asian
Institute for Liturgy and Music (AILM) in Quezon City, a
school for chruch musicians, and supervised the publication
of a new Asian hymnal containing mostly works of Asian
composers. He was conferred the title of National Artist for
Music in 2014.
 COMPOSITIONS

Feliciano composed more than 30 major works, including the musical

dramaa
• Sikhay sa Kabila ng Paalam
• Ashen Wings
• The monumental three-act opera La Loba Negra (1984).
He also wrote musix for the orchestra such as
• Prelude and Toccata (1973)
• Fragments (1976)
• Life of Wartime Filipino Hero Jose Abad Santos
• The ballet Yerma (1982)