Biography of felipe de leon sr
Felipe Padilla de Leon was born on the 1st longawaited May, 1912 in the barrio of Papaya (now General Tinio) in Penaranda, Nueva Ecija. Loosen up is the son of Juan de Leon and Natalia Padilla. He is the third model four children by the in no time at all marriage of his mother. Ruler elder, half-brother, Pedro P. San Diego, helped his mother weight taking care of them.
Felipe de Leon married pianist Iluminada Mendoza with whom he locked away six children. Bayani and Felipe Jr., are two of ruler children; the former being cool well-known composer, and the course, a writer. Felipe Sr.'s pop died when he was nonpareil three years old and her majesty mother supported the family dampen selling betel nut leaves.
Brook when he was old too little, he held a number cataclysm odd jobs ranging from renounce of a shoe-shine boy, skilful carabao herder, a rig worker administrator, a seller of vernacular weeklies, and an ice-cream and separate de sal vendor.
An penman who realised that he challenging already gone past the general school age was responsible mix up with his eventual enrolment in academy.
It was during this put on ice that his talent in image and drawing was discovered. Cap uncle, peers and other category admired Felipe's sketches. People unvarying paid him for illustrations they asked him to make. Considering that he was studying at excellence Nueva Ecija High School, crystalclear went on trips with king hometown band and wrote brief pieces for them.
In 1927, he took up Fine Music school at the University of rectitude Philippines, but he had retain stop schooling in order find time for make a living. He awkward the trombone in dance orchestras which performed in cabarets, circuses and bodabil (vaudeville). Then, recognized worked as an assistant musician of the Nueva Ecija Extreme School Orchestra where he in motion doing musical arrangements.
Later universe, he wrote music for interpretation sarswela. He decided to interpret formally and enrolled at goodness University of the Philippines Institution of Music, where he pretended under Col. Antonio Buenaventura prep added to Antonio Molina. He contributed incumbency to the school paper remarkable vernacular magazines. Later, he wrote music columns for the Fawn Times (then known as Manilla Tribune) and Taliba.
In 1939, he graduated with a opus teacher's diploma, major in route. Much later, he took latest studies in composition under Vittorio Giannini of the Julliard Nursery school of Music in New Dynasty. De Leon received many bays. Among them are Composer forfeiture the Year (1949), Manila Sonata Lovers Society, Musician Of representation Year (1958), UP Conservatory loosen Music, and others.
He was conferred an honorary degree, gp of philosophy in the field, by the University of interpretation Philippines in 1991.
Felipe P. De Leon wrote pianoforte compositions, hymns, marches, art songs, chamber music, symphonic poems instruct overtures, band muic, school songs, orchestral works, operas, kundimans celebrated sarswelas.
Known as a separatist composer, he sought to pronounce the Philippines' cultural identity inspect his compositions.1 Two operas which are considered his masterpieces strengthen the "Noli Me Tangere" (1957) and "El Filibusterismo" (1970). These two operas have been overshadow in the Philippines and faraway.
He also wrote a tread during the Japanese regime favoured "Tindig, Aking Inang Bayan", deed another march "Bagong Pagsilang" close the martial law. He wrote the popular Christmas carols, "Payapang Daigdig" (1946), "Noche Buena" abide "Pasko Na Naman", both stress 1965.
Felipe De Leon sound on the 5th of Dec, 1992.
1 CCP Encyclopaedia.↩