In memoriam: composer Francisco F. Feliciano
Seventy-three-year-old Dr. Francisco F. Feliciano 79’MMA, 84’DMA passed away after a long battle with cancer on Friday, September 19. He is considered one of the Philippines' most important composers and was one of Asia's leading composers in liturgical music.
Dr. Feliciano was given membership to the Order of National Artists for Music in June earlier this year in The Philippines. Dr. Feliciano was commissioned to write the opera "Amy," a historical war account set in Leyte province, at the time he received the award. The Order is the highest state honor conferred on individuals deemed to have done much for their artistic field.
Born on February 19, 1941, Feliciano obtained his degree in music composition from the Hochschule der Künst in Berlin, Germany; his master's in composition from the University of the Philippines; and his Master of Musical Arts and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in composition from the Yale School of Music.
Arthur Weisberg and Martin Behrmann were among his esteemed conducting teachers, along with composers Isang Yun, Jacob Druckman, Krystof Penderecki, and H.W. Zimmerman.
Feliciano went on to compose more than 30 major musical dramas and operatic works and over hundreds of worship songs. He first exploded into the Manila spotlight with the opera “La Loba Negra.” Other prize-winning works include “Pokpok Alimpako,” the ballet “Yerma,” “Sikhay Sa Kabila ng Paalam (Beyond the Farewell),” “Jose Abad Santos,” and “Ashen Wings.”
His work has been performed at choral festivals in Europe and the United States. He was given the John D. Rockefeller Award for Music Composition in 1977.
For some years, Feliciano was also a conductor of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra. He was president and founder of the Samba-Likhaan Foundation: The Asian School of Music, Worship, and the Arts, an organization devoted to promoting Asian worship music.
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Francisco Feliciano
Filipino composer, conductor and teacher Francisco Feliciano was born at Morong on 19 February 1941. He studied at the University of the Philippines, at Berlin's Hochschule der Künste and at Yale University School of Music. His composition teachers included Krzysztof Penderecki and Jacob Druckman.
He was a National Artist of the Philippines for Music, and one of Asia's leading figures of liturgical music. His more than thirty major works include music dramas and operas, and his hundreds of works of liturgical music include hymns, settings of the mass and other songs used for worship. He also supervised the publication of an Asian hymnal consisting mostly of music by Asian composers. He received a John D Rockefeller III Award for Music Composition in 1977.
His conducting career took him to Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore and Taiwan, and included dates with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra.
He was president of the Quezon City-based Samba-Likhaan Foundation: The Asian School of Music, Worship and the Arts.
Francisco Feliciano died on 19 September 2014, aged seventy-three.
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Life and Education
Francisco F. Feliciano, avant garde composer and conductor for band and chorus, was born on February 19, 1942 in Morong, Rizal. His first exposure to music was with the Morriz Band, a brass ensemble established and owned by his father, Maximiano Feliciano. He started his music career in the high school band where he had played the cymbals and the clarinet.
Feliciano obtained his Teacher’s Diploma in Composition and Conducting at the Conservatory of Music, University of the Philippines (UP) in 1964, and a Bachelor of Music degree major in Composition in 1967. Subsequent degrees include a Master in Music Composition from the University of the Philippines, a Diploma in Music Composition from the Hochschule der Kunst in Berlin, Germany, and a Master of Musical Arts and Doctorate in Music Composition from Yale University School of Music, USA. He studied composition with Jacob Druckman, Isang Yun, H.W. Zimmerman and Krystof Penderecki.
Accomplishments and Compositions
"La Loba Negra" (1984)
"Pamugun" (2002)
Asian Institute for Liturgy and Music in Quezon City
Feliciano composed hundreds of liturgical pieces, mass settings, hymns, and songs for worship. He founded the Asian Institute for Liturgy and Music (AILM) in Quezon City, a school for church musicians, and supervised the publication of a new Asian hymnal containing mostly works of Asian composers. He was conferred the title of National Artist for Music in 2014. He died on September 19, 2014.
Among his other large works are Transfiguration and Missa Mysterium for orchestra and large chorus. He has composed several prize winning works such as Pokpok Alimpako, (a favorite piece of choirs in international choral competitions), Salimbayan, Umiinog, and Walang Tinag (Perpetuum I mobile) which was premiered at the ISCM Festival in New York City, USA. His latest choral works,Pamugúnand Restless, have been performed by Filipino choirs in various choral festivals in Europe. In 1977, he was given a John D. Rockefeller III Award in Music Composition.
Feliciano became the choir conductor and instructor in music fundamentals at St. Andrews Seminary in Quezon City. He became an instructor at the UP Conservatory of Music and conducted the UP Symphony Orchestra. He was the musical director of the movie Ang Bukas ay Atin and provided orchestration for a number of musical productions including My Fair Lady and various Philippine productions. Feliciano composed more than 30 major works, including the musical dramas Sikhay sa Kabila ng Paalam, Ashen Wings, and the monumental three-act opera La Loba Negra (1984). He also wrote music for the orchestra such as Prelude and Toccata(1973), Fragments(1976), Life of Wartime Filipino Hero Jose Abad Santos, and the ballet Yerma (1982).
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Francisco Feliciano was a great composer. He was able to accomplish so much where in he was able to build a school for church musicians in Quezon City. His musical style revolved around liturgy music and the concept of including "Asian" or "Filipinism". He largely incorporated the theme of "worship" in his compositions which resulted into most of his works being used for liturgy and worship purposes.
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Today, Feb. 19, is the 75th birth anniversary of National Artist for Music Francisco Feliciano. Born in 1941, Feliciano was a composer, conductor, and educator. He obtained a master’s degree in composition from the University of the Philippines and a master’s and a doctorate degree in composition from the Yale School of Music. Among his notable works are “La Loba Negra,” “Pokpok Alimpako,” and the ballet piece “Yerma.” Feliciano was named National Artist in June 2014 and died a few months after on Sept. 19 that year. Marielle Medina, Inquirer Research
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Francisco Feliciano (February 19, 1941) National Artist for Music
Today, February 19, 2023, is the 82nd birth anniversary of National Artist Francisco F. Feliciano.
Francisco Feliciano’s corpus of creative work attests to the exceptional talent of the Filipino as an artist. His lifetime conscientiousness in bringing out the “Asianness” in his music, whether as a composer, conductor, or educator, contributed to bringing the awareness of people all over the world to view Asian culture as a rich source of inspiration and a celebration of our ethnicity, particularly the Philippines. He brought out the unique sounds of our indigenous music in compositions with high technical demands equal to the compositions of masters in the western world. Through his numerous creative outputs, he elevated Filipino artistry into one that is highly esteemed by people all over the world.
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The University of the Philippines Diliman mourns the loss of Dr. Francisco F. Feliciano, National Artist and retired faculty member of the College of Music. He died September 19 at the age of 72, after a long battle with cancer.
Dr. Feliciano was a composer, conductor and educator, one of the main figures bringing worldwide awareness of the Philippines’ indigenous music. His most well known works included operas and music dramas like “La Loba Negra”, “Ashen Wings”, “Sikhay sa Kabila ng Paalam”, as well as chorale pieces like “Pokpok Alimpako”, “Pamugun” and “Salimbayan”, favorites of Filipino chorale groups when they would perform locally and internationally.
Feliciano taught at the College of Music from 1969 to 1972 and from 1980 to 1986. He devoted much of his later life to the Asian Institute for Liturgy and Music (AILM), which he founded in 1980, and has become well known, and loved by church musicians.
Feliciano was declared National Artist by the Office of the President just last June 20 , and honored, together with another College of Music faculty Dr. Ramon Santos, in a tribute last month. He was unable to attend because he was already ill.
Feliciano will be buried today, September 25, 2014, at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.
Michael Lim Tan, DVM, PhD Chancellor University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City Philippines
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MANILA, Philippines – National Artist for Music Dr. Francisco Feliciano died morning of Friday, September 19, at the age of 73.
His death was confirmed by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts on its Facebook page.
According to the website of Santa Barbara Music Publishing Inc , Feliciano has created more than 30 major works, which include music dramas such as La Loba Negra, Ashen Wings, Sikhay Sa Kabila ng Paalam (Beyond the Farewell) , and the life of wartime Filipino hero Jose Abad Santos.
Feliciano is also one of the leading figures in liturgical music. He founded the Asian Institute of Liturgy and Music (AILM), and was the president of the Samba-Likhaan Foundation .
According to a report from Interaksyon , Feliciano’s remains lie at the Holy Angels Memorial in Morong, Rizal. The public will be allowed to visit and pay respects to the late National Artist from September 21 to 23. – Rappler.com
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Francisco Feliciano, nat’l artist for music; 73
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On the same day the monstrous rains of Typhoon “Mario” submerged Metro Manila, conductor-composer and National Artist for Music Francisco Feliciano quietly passed away after a long battle with cancer, which has reached stage 4. He was 73.
Earlier, the UP College of Music paid tribute to Feliciano (along with coartist Ramon Santos) with a concert showcasing his works.
Like most pioneering artists, Feliciano was in search of an audience exposed mostly to conventional music. He discovered his own brand of music after reflecting on his Filipino roots.
In the mid-’80s, Feliciano’s grand entrance in Manila’s music world was his opera “La Loba Negra,” with libretto by soprano Fides Cuyugan Asensio. Directed by film icon Peque Gallaga, the Feliciano opera was one of the few times when contemporary music ruled Manila’s opera scene inundated by the works of Verdi and Puccini. One got a chance to hear his other music dramas, namely, “Ashen Wings,” “Sikhay Sa Kabila ng Paalam (Beyond the Farewell),” and the life of wartime Filipino hero, “Jose Abad Santos.”
Balm to weary spirit
One remembers him showing the score of his large works, “The Transfiguration and Missa Mysterium” for orchestra and large chorus. As usual, he complained about the cost of hiring an orchestra and soloists to interpret his works and wondered why in his own country, composers have to beg for a chance for his music to be heard.
The National Artist Award was a balm to his weary spirit. He wasn’t known in wider music audiences but perceptive listeners singled him out as one of the few composers whose creativity was tribute to the Filipino ability to merge Eastern sound with Western influences.
He was, of course, visible as one of the former resident conductors of the Philippine Philharmonic. He conducted a CCP run of Mozart’s “Marriage of Figaro,” with pianists Cecile Licad and cellist Antonio Meneses as among his distinguished soloists. Tchaikovsky laureate Rowena Arrieta was his soloist when he debuted with the Chicago Symphony also in the mid-’80s.
Baritone’s tribute
The most fitting tribute to Feliciano is summed up by baritone and choral conductor Joel Navarro, now based in Singapore.
Navarro said Feliciano’s contribution to the development of Asian congregational song is incalculable. “His choral and orchestral compositions always bore the hallmark of a restive spirit which found peace in searching for the Unnamed God. He reveled in the poetry of Rumi, Tagore and Rilke, and fought for the contextualization of Asian hymnody, devoting the best years of his life in establishing the Asian Institute for Liturgy and Music (Sambalikhaan), a few of us have been privileged to teach in and learn from,” he said.
The choral conductor said Feliciano’s mind was always questioning. “He was always looking for the Asian sound, defining Asian spirituality, at times pushing the edge of orthodoxy to its limits. He was the son of a restless age—he studied with Heinz Werner Zimmerman at the Berliner Kirchenmusikschule, then later with Krysztof Penderecki at Yale. His thoughts were his own, often an inscrutable personality with a Beethovenesque scowl who could put on the charm if he wanted to sell the idea of a great vision percolating in his brain. He was often misunderstood. But few will question his indelible mark as a composer of genius, fire, restlessness and depth of spirituality,” he said.
Impregnable mind
Navarro recalled their share of disagreements. “But I have always admired how God gave him a unique and impregnable mind which stayed its course, an uncanny perception and skill in unlocking the mysteries of teaching pedagogies and systems, and pushed us to think, feel and wonder about the possibilities that lay plus ultra (more beyond) outside the box. Go with the Infinite, Dr. Francisco Feliciano. We will miss your singular voice and captivating mind,” he said.
Doctorate from Yale
Feliciano enrolled at the Berliner Kirchenmusikschule and obtained a diploma in music composition at the Hochchule der Kunste in Berlin and received his Doctor in Musical Arts from Yale.
Among his prize-winning compositions are “Pokpok Alimpako,” which has become favorite piece of choirs in international choral competitions and “Salimbayan. Umiinog, Walang Tinag (Perpetuum Immobile),” which was premiered in New York City at the ISCM Festival. His latest choral works, “Pamugun” and “Restless,” have been performed by Filipino choirs in various choral festivals in Europe.
Feliciano is survived by wife Rebecca Feliciano and children Julette and J.J.
His remains will be at the Holy Angels Memorial in Morong, Rizal, until early Sunday and will be moved to Loyola Commonwealth Sunday until Tuesday.
Necrological service follows at the CCP on Sept. 24, after which burial follows at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.
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Francisco Feliciano. Filipino composer, conductor and teacher Francisco Feliciano was born at Morong on 19 February 1941. He studied at the University of the Philippines, at Berlin's Hochschule der Künste and at Yale University School of Music. ... His more than thirty major works include music dramas and operas, and his hundreds of works of ...
Feliciano composed more than 30 major works, including the musical dramas Sikhay sa Kabila ng Paalam, Ashen Wings, and the monumental three-act opera La Loba Negra (1984). He also wrote music for the orchestra such as Prelude and Toccata (1973), Fragments (1976), Life of Wartime Filipino Hero Jose Abad Santos, and the ballet Yerma (1982).
Life. Feliciano was born on 19 February 1941, in Morong, Rizal. Francisco Feliciano graduated from the University of the Philippines with a Teacher's diploma in Music (1967) and a Masters in Music degree in Composition (1972). In 1977, he went to the Hochschule der Kuenste in Berlin, Germany to obtain a diploma in Music Composition.
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Francisco Feliciano. Francisco Feliciano (19 February 1941 - 19 September 2014) was a Filipino composer and conductor. He was a National Artist of the Philippines for Music. [1] Feliciano was born in 1941, in Morong, Rizal. [2] In 2014, Feliciano was named one of six National Artists of America, together with five other persons.
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Education Background He obtained his Teacher's Diploma in Composition and Conducting at the Conservatory of Music, University of the Philippines (UP) in 1964, and a Bachelor of Music degree major in Composition in 1967. Subsequent degrees include a Master in Music Composition
Life. Feliciano was born on 19 February 1941, in Morong, Rizal. Francisco Feliciano graduated from the University of the Philippines with a Teacher's diploma in Music (1967) and a Masters in Music degree in Composition (1972). In 1977, he went to the Hochschule der Kuenste in Berlin, Germany to obtain a diploma in Music Composition.
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