Philippine Music (IDS 180.16i-E) PDF

IDS 180.16i-E Philippine Music -​ What music did we have? -​ What religion was present? -​ What was the current state of the philippines at that time -​ Spanish Colonial Period -​ Arrival of spanish ships -​ The conquistadores -​ Notive; gain, to accomplish this, they wo...

IDS 180.16i-E Philippine Music -​ What music did we have? -​ What religion was present? -​ What was the current state of the philippines at that time -​ Spanish Colonial Period -​ Arrival of spanish ships -​ The conquistadores -​ Notive; gain, to accomplish this, they would need to gain power over the natives. Compete also with growing islamic influence -​ Exploits of epic heroes and rhythms of native drums and gongs faded before the chants of christian church -​ “Filipinos were singing people” -​ Awit pag ay nagagnap; awit sa ritwal -​ Singing and performing of the pre-colonial Philippines is based on the eyes of the viewer -​ To clear the way for christian faith, the spanish missionaries sought to really eradicate the sights and sounds of old rituals among those they have converted -​ “Filipinos were easy to intimidate” -​ Spanish taught religious music Early church in the Philippines -​ Augustinian order (1565) -​ Established an orchestra -​ Augustianians recollects (1588) -​ Padre Diego Cera:Bamboo Organ -​ Franciscan order (1606) -​ Established primary school for boys in towns -​ 400 boys were trained to sing, play and manufacture instruments -​ Fr San Pedro Bautista: first to teach western music to tagalogs -​ Jesuit order (expelled 1758, returned 1859) -​ Doctrina Christina Music in the early church -​ Music was the servant of religion -​ Only music opened the mind of christian teachings and holy thoughts was worthy of hearing in church -​ “Plainchant” Development of Notation -​ Oral transmission -​ Medieval singers sung aloud -​ Chants were sung from memory  -​ Neumes “gesture” Marcelo Adonay -​ Born in paki laguna -​ Became choirboy, would practice organ insecret -​ Entered the augustinian convent as tiple -​ Maestro di capella -​ 1870: director of church orchestra Religious Folk Music Subli -​ Bauan, Batangas -​ Subsib + Bali = a dance the symbolizes the essence of falling and brokenness before the sacred -​ Signifies the reverence for the holy cross of Alitagtag and ancestral migration -​ Repentance, transformation Pastores -​ BIcol, Christmas time -​ A musical re-enactment of the nativity scene -​ 12 girls/boys headed by capitana singing villancicos -​ Pastores de belen is the music played during the scene Pabasa -​ Ash Wed to Black Friday -​ Chanting of the pasyon -​ Long narrative of life and death of jesus -​ Communal performance of a long narrative poem -​ Ends with aral -​ Alternating chanting. 2-3 days Indigenized Forms Harana -​ A harana is a song made for the specific purpose for that endeavor -​ Rhythm: 2/4, habanera style -​ Use of pure, archaic tagalog Kundiman -​ A kundiman is a “mahugot” personality -​ Also in formal tagalog but the theme is more on “kawawa naman ako” -​ Topics of romantic love, love of country, sorrow/loss of love -​ “Sadboy” tone  -​ Lyrical song in ¾ time -​ Strong european influence Komediya -​ Spanish word meaning “play” -​ 16th century -​ Written in verse -​ Instrumental only (no singing) -​ Battala (choreographed fighting) -​ Magia (magical effects) -​ 2 types -​ Komedya de Santo (focuses on patron saints) -​ Kumidya/Moro-moro (secular approach, highlights epic battles between Christian Kingdoms in Europe) -​ Traditional komedya propounds the belief that all christians are superior to Moors Sarswela -​ Play in prose in songs and dances -​ 1-5 acts -​ Uses love story to portray Filipino situations -​ Incorporates contemporary issues -​ Regarded as an “enlightened” form at the turn of the century -​ Include sense of newness from what were are used to Song forms Balitaw -​ Tagalog and visayan regions -​ love/serenade hat involves man and woman doing song and dance -​ male/female courtship genre -​ Humorous lyrics -​ Performed spontaneously with improvised steps and verses -​ Subing (bamboo flute) Dance Forms -​ Habanera (Havana, Cuba) -​ Polka (lively bohemian dance if fast duple, 2/4 meter, pamulinawen of Ilocos) -​ Jota ( spanish folk dance, duple and quadruple section, Jota Moncadena) -​ Mazurka (poland, ¾,6/8 danced by 8-16 couples) -​ Pasadoble (dance duple meter slightly faster than march) -​ Rigodon (based on french court dance, duple meter) -​ Marcha (duple time, Philippine National Anthem) -​ Waltz (austrian ballroom dance in triple time) National Song & Dance of the Philippines Kumintang -​ 19th century batangas -​ Triple time -​ National song and dance of the Philippines -​ Love and courtship -​ War song but can also be about love Philippine Music