Filipino Music Composers and Artists Quiz

Philippine Folk Dances and Music

• Francisca Reyes Aquino researched and recorded the country's unrecorded celebrations, folk dances, rituals, and games in her work "Philippine Dances and Games".
• Tinikling is a traditional Philippine folk dance originating from the Spanish colonial era, involving the beating, tapping, and sliding of bamboo poles on the ground and against each other in coordination with one or more dancers.

Maglalatik Folk Dance

• Maglalatik is a folk dance from the Philippines performed by male dancers, where coconut shell halves are secured onto their hands and vests with four or six more coconut shell halves.

Noted Figures in Philippine Music and Dance

• Antonio R. Buenaventura researched and popularized Philippine folksongs and dances in 1935, writing songs and musical arrangements based on folk songs of different ethnic groups.
• Antonio R. Buenaventura's notable works include "Pandanggo sa Ilaw" (1936) and "Twilight by the Sea" (1929).
• Jose Maceda was a musician who focused on understanding and popularizing Filipino traditional music, conducting research and fieldwork that resulted in a wide array of recorded music from different parts of the country.
• Jose Maceda's notable works include "Ugnayan" (1974) and "Pagsamba" (1968).
• Francisca Reyes Aquino was a "Folk Dance Pioneer" who vigorously researched folk dances in the 1920s.
• Notable awardees in the field of music and dance include I.P Santos, Tinikling, Jovita Fuentes, Lucrecia R. Kasilag, Lucio D. San Pedro, Felipe Padilla de Leon, Levi Celerio, Ernani Joson Cuenco, Andrea O. Veneracion, Francisco Feliciano, Ramon Santos, Leonor Orosa-Goquingco, Lucrecia Reyes Urtula, and Ramon Obusan.