Francisco Beltran Buencamino Sr
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Updated: 4 Jan 2018
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Francisco Beltran Buencamino
was born the 5th of November,
1883 in San Miguel de Mayumo, Bulacan. (1882)Francisco Beltran Buencamino
could play the organ (1884)Francisco Beltran Buencamino
was sent to study at the Liceo de Manila.
There, he took up courses in composition
and harmony under Marcelo Adonay. (1887)StudyingStudyingTeachingTeachingFounded the Buencamino Music Academy (1929)Francisco Buencamino started working as a musical director.
He also composed music for films produced by Sampaguita
Pictures, LVN and Excelsior. For a time, Francisco Buencamino
frequently acted on stage. He also collaborated on the plays
written and produced by Aurelio Tolentino. The Philippine Music
Publishers, which Buencamino established, undertook the printing
of his more important compositions, but it was not a successful venture.(1940)Wrote the sarswela "Marcela" and "Si tio Celo." (1903)Sarswela Yayangthe popularity of the sarswela started to wane
because of American repression and the entry
of silent movies. Francisco Buencamino then
turned to composing kundimans. (1908)"En el bello Oriente" at "Ang Unang kong Pag ibig"(1909)he composed an epic poem which won a prize
from the Far Eastern University during one of
the annual carnivals. His "Mayon Concerto" is
considered his magnum opus (1938)Dead on October 16, 1952Periods
Francisco Beltran Buencamino also took up pianoforte courses under
a Spanish music teacher. He did not finish his education as
he became interested in the sarswela. (1887-1900)Francisco Buencamino taught music at the Ateneo de Manila and at the Centro Escolar de Senoritas.
At the latter, he founded the Conservatory of Music and was its head until 1938. At the same time,
he also handled music lessons at the Liceo de Manila. He founded the Buencamino Music Academy in 1930. (1900-1938)Begun in 1943 and finished in 1948, "Mayon
Concerto" had its full rendition in February 1950
at the graduation recital of Rosario Buencamino
at the Holy Ghost College. "Ang Larawan" (1943),
also one of his most acclaimed works, is a
composition based on a Balitaw tune. The
orchestral piece, "Pizzicato Caprice" (1948) is a
version of this composition. (19436-1950)
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