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"Bayan Ko" (usually translated as "My Country"; Spanish: Nuestra patria, lit. 'Our Motherland') is one of the most recognizable patriotic songs of the Philippines.It was written in Spanish by the revolutionary general José Alejandrino in light of the Philippine–American War and subsequent American occupation, and translated into Tagalog some three decades later by the poet José Corazón de ...
His themes and the Filipino lower-class characters in his songs evolved from the political and social realities during the decade of Marcos despotism in the 1970s. [3] Santiago was also awarded the Mother Country Award by the Polytechnic University of the Philippines because of his role as a figurehead in the people's music movement in the ...
Awit sa Paglikha ng Bagong Pilipinas (English: Hymn to the Creation of a New Philippines), also known by its incipit Tindig! Aking Inang Bayan (English: "Stand! My Motherland" ), is a patriotic song written by Filipino composer Felipe Padilla de León . [ 2 ]
Many songs in the different Philippine languages, however, share the same tune, such as the Tagalog Magtanim ay 'Di Biro, Kapampangan Deting Tanaman Pale and the Gaddang So Payao. Another example is the Visayan song Ako Ining Kailu , which has the same melody as the Ibanag Melogo y Aya and Kapampangan Ing Manai .
"Handog ng Pilipino sa Mundo" (lit. ' "The Gift of the Filipinos to the World" ' ), released in English as " A New and Better Way—The People's Anthem ," is a 1986 song recorded in Filipino by a supergroup composed of 15 Filipino artists.
The composer is said to have put subversive elements to Bagong Pagsilang, just like he did on his 1942 "Awit sa Paglikha ng Bagong Pilipinas". According to his eldest son on a lecture, the composer secretly quoted a portion of the protest song " Bayan Ko " in a part of the song.
Angelito Toledo "Hajji" Alejandro (Tagalog: [ˈhadʒɪ ɐlɛˈhandɾɔ]; born December 26, 1954) is a Filipino singer and actor from Alaminos, Pangasinan, who was a major pop star in the 1970s and 1980s. [1] Just like another OPM legend Basil Valdez, he came from the group Circus Band. He was the first winner of the Metro Manila Popular Music ...
Ricardo "Ric" Manrique Jr. (23 May 1941 [1] – 22 September 2017 [2]) was a Filipino kundiman singer. He was known as one of the two Hari ng Kundiman (Kings of Kundiman) in the Philippines, alongside Ruben Tagalog .