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Antonino Buenaventura was a Filipino composer born in 1904 who had a seven-decade career advancing Philippine music. He studied music and composition, joining the University of the Philippines conservatory as an instructor. Buenaventura conducted research on Philippine folk songs and dances and composed many marches and orchestral works. His most popular composition was Pandanggo sa Ilaw, showcasing a fusion of local and western dance forms.

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Antonino Buenaventura was a Filipino composer born in 1904 who had a seven-decade career advancing Philippine music. He studied music and composition, joining the University of the Philippines conservatory as an instructor. Buenaventura conducted research on Philippine folk songs and dances and composed many marches and orchestral works. His most popular composition was Pandanggo sa Ilaw, showcasing a fusion of
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In Philippine music, Buenaventura became a byword. He was known not only as a fine composer, but also a competent conductor and a dedicated educator. He came from a family in Baliuag, Bulacan, where he was born on May 4, 1904 that is known as a family of fine musicians. Immediately after his graduation with a Teacher’s Diploma in Music, major in Science and Composition in 1929 and earning his post graduate diploma in Composition with German Prof. Jeno Von Tackacs as his mentor for 3 years, Col. Buenaventura joined the U.P Conservatory as an assistant instructor.

When his mentor Nicanor Abelardo died in 1934, he was designated by Dr. Francisco Santiago, the dean of the conservatory to take over Abelardo’s class. Some of the outstanding work that he wrote after undertaking field research are the following Minuet (1937), which borrowed largely from Igorot tunes for its thematic thrust, the popular Pandanggo sa Ilaw (1936), “Echoes from the Philippines,” Varations and Fugere, Greetings and many others. Col. Buenaventura passed away on January 25, 1996, but his wo

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Antonino S. Buenaventura

  • 1. Reported by: Sorolla and Tumbit

  • 2. Born on May 4,1904 in Baliuag Bulacan. His parents are Leocadia Ramirez and Lucino Buenaventura, A chief musician of the Spanish artillery band in Intamuros. Antonino Buenaventura was known as composer, conductor, teacher, and National Artist for Music. He married Rizalina Exconde. He died on January 25, 1996 at the age of 92. 3 Antonino R. Buenaventura 2 He enrolled at the UP Conversatory of usic where he earned a diploma in teaching,major in sciene and composistion in 1932.

  • 4. Pandanggo sa ilaw was one ofthe most popular among his compositions in 1936, His other famous works are: Echoes of the Philippines, By the Hillside, and Awit sa Tagumpay ng bayan .

  • 5. Band Conductor of the Year (1951, from the Music Lovers Society) Republic Cultural Heritage Award for Music (1966, for his Symphony in C)[7] Araw ng Maynila Cultural Award (1971) Award of Merit for Outstanding Contribution to Philippine Music (1976, from the Philippine Army) Director Emeritus of the University of the East (1981) National Artist of t

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