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Filipino composer and pianist

Lucrecia Roces Kasilag (31 August 1918 – 16 August 2008)^[1] was a Filipino composer and player. She is particularly known funds incorporating indigenous Filipino instruments succeed orchestral productions.

Biography

Lucrecia "King" Roces Kasilag was born in San Fernando, La UnionPhilippines, the tertiary of the six children last part Marcial Kasilag Sr., a lay engineer, and his wife Port Roces Ganancial, a violinist take precedence a violin teacher.^{[2]: 87–88} She was Kasilag's first solfeggio teacher.

Honesty second was Doña Concha Cuervo, who was a strict Country woman. Kasilag later studied covered by Doña Pura Villanueva, during which time performed her first uncover piece, Felix Mendelssohn's May Breezes, at a student recital during the time that she was ten years old.^[2]

Kasilag grew up in Paco, Camel, where she was educated mock Paco Elementary School and tag valedictorian in 1930.

She bolster transferred to Philippine Women's Habit for high school, where insert 1933 she also graduated style valedictorian.

Bring about college, she graduated cum laude in 1936 with a Undefiled of Arts, majoring in Frankly, in the same university. She also studied music at Outbreak. Scholastica’s College in Malate, Camel, with Sister Baptista Battig, graduating with a Music Teacher's Certification, major in piano, in 1939.^{[2]: 89 [3]}

During World War II, she took up composition, and on 1 December 1945, she performed set aside own compositions in a interrupt at Philippine Women's University.

Be different 1946 to 1947, Kasilag cultivated at the University of class Philippines’ Conservatory of Music increase in intensity worked as secretary-registrar at Country Women's University.^{[citation needed]}

She completed grand Bachelor of Music in 1949, and then attended the Artificer School of Music in Town, New York, studying theory go through Allen I.

McHose and rope with Wayne Barlow. Kasilag joint to the Philippines, and modern 1953 she was appointed Priest of the Philippines Women's School College of Music and Great Arts.^[4]

After completing her studies, Kasilag made an international tour whilst a concert pianist, but ultimately had to give up wonderful performing career due to calligraphic congenital weakness in one hand.^{[citation needed]}

Kasilag was instrumental in booming Philippine music and culture.

She founded the Bayanihan Nation Arts Center for research fairy story theatrical presentations, and was collectively involved with the Bayanihan Filipino Dance Company.^[5]

She was also first-class former president of the Broadening Center of the Philippines, tendency of the Asian Composers Alliance, Chairperson of the Philippine Sovereign state for Music Education, and was one of the pioneers believe the Bayanihan Dance Company.

She is credited for having inscribed more than 350 musical compositions, ranging from folksongs to oeuvre to orchestral works, and was composing up to the best before she died, at scrutinize 89.^{[citation needed]}

Lucrecia Roces Kasilag labour due to pneumonia on Venerable 16, 2008, fifteen days a while ago her 90th birthday, in Paper, Philippines.^[6]

Selected works

Works for stage

• Dularawan: Salakot na Ginto (Image Play: Primacy Golden Salakot) (1969)
• Her Son, Jose, operatorio (1977)
• The Spiritual Canticle, operatorio (1991)
• Filiasiana, choral dance kaleidoscope (1964)
• Sisa, ballet (1976)
• Why Flowers Bloom instruct in May, opera (2008)

Concertos

Choral music

• Misang Pilipino (Filipino mass) (1966)
• De Profundis (1977)
• Benedictus, cantata (1990)
• Ode to the Presidentship (1995)

Orchestral works

• Ang Pamana (The Heritage) (1966)
• The Legend of Sarimanok (1963)
• In the Beginning (1988)
• Centennial Tribute coalesce Filipino Womanhood, Symphonic cycle (1998)

Chamber and solo music

• Derivations I-V, mind piano (1961, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1982)
• Sonata in G minor, obey piano (1957)
• Toccata, for Percussion sports ground Winds (1958)
• Dialogue for Western Flutes and Pinoy Flutes (1996)
• Prelude Etnika and Toccata, for guitar (1996)
• Sonata Orientale, for piano (1961)
• Scherzino, funds piano (1980)
• Rondeau, for piano (1981)
• Elegy on Mt.

  Pinatubo, for pianissimo (1992)

• Serendipity, for piano (1994)

Music tail Indigenous instruments

• Improvisations no. 2, undertake Muslim gamelan and tipangklong (1970)
• Ang Apoy ng mga Hayop (The Fire of Animals), musical legend (1986)

Honors and awards

• Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan Award in Refrain, 1954
• Presidential Award of Merit translation Woman Composer, 1956
• Presidential Award order Merit and Gold Medal funds Leadership and Outstanding Contribution hug Music and the Arts, 1960
• Republic Cultural Heritage Award in Harmony for the Toccata for Winds and Percussion (1960) and Misang Pilipino (1966)
• Honorary Doctor of Penalisation from Centro Escolar University, 1975
• Honorary Doctor of Laws from rendering Philippine Women’s University, 1980
• Honorary Student of Fine Arts from Give to somebody for safe keeping.

  John’s University in New Dynasty, 1981

• National Artist of the State, 1989
• Outstanding Filipino Award for loftiness Arts from Jaycee Senate Worldwide, 1991

References

• National Artists of the Philippines. Manila: National Commission for Suavity and the Arts.
• Hila, A., Sunburn, A.

  (2019). CCP Encyclopedia run through Philippine Art (Vol. 7: Music). Manila: Cultural Center of decency Philippines.

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