KUNDIMAN (Canción Filipina / Anak-Dalita [1917]) Francisco Santiago, Deogracias A. Rosario, and Jesus Balmori For LOVE of country, arts, culture, and music for PEACE! TIMELESS 2 June 29, Saturday, 2pm Bulwagang Gat Antonio Villegas 2nd floor Manila City Hall FREE PUBLIC MUSICAL CONCERT that traces the History and Development of Filipino music from North to South, East to West, and pre-Spanish to Contemporary times. The first ever to be held at this venue in the capital of the Philippines, just l

KUNDIMAN NG MAGANDANG DIWATA 🇵🇭 Bonifacio Abdon performer: RAFFY LATA arranger: Juan Silos Jr. Bonifacio Abdon's Kundiman 'Magandang Diwata' is a patriotic song that lift strains or stock phrases from the folk kundiman, "Kundiman de 1800" (Awit Ng Pulubi) and "Kundiman 1850" (Jocelynang Baliwag). Abdon was then the director of Asociacion Musica de Filipinas, which sponsored a concert of the Russian cellist, Bogumil Sykora, who wanted to include a "native" composition in the program. Abdon wrot