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Today, Francisco Santiago is one of the most celebrated Filipino composers today. His kundiman "Anak Dalita" and "Pakiusap" are in the standard repertoire of Filipino singers today. A hall in the Head Office of BDO (formerly the PCIBank Twin Towers, head office of PCIB) was named in his honor as the Francisco Santiago Hall.
Dr. Francisco Santiago (1889–1947), the "Father of the Kundiman Art Song", briefly explains in his scholarly work The Development of Music in the Philippines that the reason this Tagalog song is called kundiman is because the first stanza of this song begins thus: "Cundiman, cundiman Cundiman si jele" "Hele ng Cundiman Hele ng Cundangan"
The song was composed by Filipino musician, Francisco Santiago and lyrics by Ildefonso Santos. [1] However, the original text was in English, for "Philippines, my Philippines." It was written by Prescott Ford Jernegan. The musical tune was adapted from the US state song, "Maryland, My Maryland."
Francisco Santiago (1889–1947) Jesús Manuel Santiago; Ramon Santos (born 1941) Vehnee Saturno (born 1954) Aiza Seguerra (born 1983) Pepe Smith (1947–2014)
In retaliation, the Japanese formed the New Philippines Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Francisco Santiago. [4] Following the liberation of the Philippines in 1945, the Manila Symphony Orchestra was reformed by Herbert Zipper. [3] [5] Its first post-liberation concert was held in the ruins of Santa Cruz Church on May 9, 1945. [6]
Being affected by the said movement, De Leon, along with his fellow composer Lucio San Pedro, continued the nationalist tradition of Antonio Molina, Francisco Santiago, and Nicanor Abelardo by using the material from Filipino folk songs as the basis of their own created compositions. De Leon also wrote articles and publications highlighting the ...
Efren Reyes, Anita Linda, Oscar Keesee, Lopito, Anita Amor, Ramon D'Salva, Fred Santos, Luz Kahanding, Dely Atay-Atayan, Fernando Santiago, Francisco Santiago, Jesus Caballero: Drama, War: Anita Amor was introduced in this film El Diablo: Richard Abelardo
[1] [11] It was composed in 1928 prior to Francisco Santiago's Taga-ilog Symphony. [12] Although not much was known about the information of the piece, according to sources, a movement of the symphony was based on the Filipino folk song "Balitaw" meanwhile the Slow Movement (Adagio) was based on another folk song "Kumintang". [ 11 ]