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Columbia. With Ynna Asistio, Meryll Soriano, Jay Aquitania, Shamaine Buencamino. Ana ) Nicanor Abelardo (7 February 1893 - 21 March 1934) was a pre-World War II Filipino composer known for his kundimans. After receiving his education, in 1923 he started directing the jazz band which was playing at the Manila Hotel with himself at the piano, or he picked such instruments as he pleased. Music 10 lesson #1 philippine contemporary composers Edessa Tolentino Torres 25K views33 slides. Sight of the Ship, II-IV. He also took advanced lessons in piano, violin, and voice. Abelardo's relative Richard Abelardo made a film in 1950 called Mutya ng Pasig which is based on Nicanor's kundiman of the same name. He was the first of eight children of Valentin Abelardo and Placida Santa Ana. He also learned the violin and other string instruments given to him by his father. This award was a great comfort to him because it lessened his worries and made his life in a foreign city a little bit more pleasant. He received the diploma after studying at the National University. Juan Abelardo took him occasionally as a helper in his painting jobs. - He led the ROTC Band and . . He died on March 21, 1934 at the age of 41, leaving a prolific collection of more than 140 works. It was during this time that the orchestras of the other big theaters of the city were conducted by musicians who were to become his colleagues and leaders in their field later: the Ideal Theater orchestra was directed by Francisco Santiago, Cine Serena on Plaza Santa Cruz by Jose A. Estella, and Cine Empire on Echague Street by Antonio J. Molina. Nicanor Abelardo - Wikipedia 4 He also created the Buencamino Music Academy where Nicanor Abelardo was one of his students. American patrons started giving him little drinks and his friends remarked that his playing improved with his drinkings. In 1931 he received a grant to pursue advanced musical studies abroad. Both these works were received critically but warmly. also finished during this year, 1923, is one of his first kundimans developed from an early motif of the harana days. His going abroad entailed a great sacrifice on his part and family. 1. But it did not actually. In 1923, the first concerto, ever written in the history of Philippine music, Concerto in B Flat (for piano and orchestra), was played in the first concert that might be called truly Philippine for including only local works as those of Terezo B. Zapata, Cayetano Jacobe, and Juan S. de Hernandez, all colleagues in the Conservatory faculty, was held in September 1923. *#616277 - 0.12MB, 5 pp. But even with the scholarship, the depression-stricken Chicago, and his alcoholism made it hard for Abelardo to live in the city.