Some national treasures come to mind in the second month of the year.
National Artist for Music Lucio San Pedro was born February 11,
Moreover, fortuitous circumstances connived to put composer Lucio San Pedro and lyricist Levi Celerio in one musical orbit, their musical and personal destinies linked to each other though they were born in different surroundings.
They were both declared National Artists for Music in the same decade, the composer in and the lyricist in
The composer grew up in the idyllic town of Angono, Rizal. The lakes inspired him to write music like Suite Pastorale, a tribute to his hometown. He got his musical genes from his maternal grandmother whose father, Rafael Diestro, was a church organist during the Spanish regime. The fourth of eight children of Elpidio San Pedro and Soledad Diestro, the composer recalled his early youth and how his childhood curiosity turned to the heavenly sound of the church organ. He once said, “My exposure to live music was pumping air in the church organ while my grandfather played it. When my grandfather died, I succeeded him as an organist.”
Celerio didn’t have a normal family with an idyllic surrounding in his early
Lucio San Pedro- Famous Rizaleño
Among his most famous masterpieces were &#;Lahing Kayumanggi&#; (), &#;Sa Lupang Sarili&#; (), &#;Sa Mahal Kong Bayan&#; (), among others. He also wrote soundtracks for films like &#;Limbas&#;, &#;Darna&#;, &#;Sakada&#; and &#;Alabok sa Ginto&#;. He also written the theme songs for the National Eucharistic Year &#;One Bread, One Nation&#;.
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Lucio San Pedro
Lucio San Pedro
(February 11, – March 31, )
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Lucio D. San Pedro was a Filipino composer and teacher.
Education
He also studied harmony and orchestration under Vittorio Giannini and took classes at Juilliard in
Career
San Pedro came from a family with musical roots and he began his career early. By then, he had already composed songs, hymns and two complete masses for voices and orchestra. After studying with several prominent musicians in the Philippines, he took advanced composition training with Bernard Wagenaar of the Netherlands.
His other vocation was teaching.
He has taught at the Ateneo de Manila University, virtually all the major music conservatories in Manila, and at the College of Music of the University of the Philippines, Diliman, where he retired as a full professor in He later received the title Professor Emeritus from the University in
On May 9, , President Corazon C. Aquino proclaimed San Pedro a of the Philippines for Music. San Pedro died of cardiac arrest on March 31, in Quezon City, at the age of
He is buried in his hometown of Angono, Rizal.
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