Francisco Francisco Feliciano (19 February 1941 – 19 September 2014) was a
Filipino
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composer and conductor. He was a
National Artist of the Philippines for Music.
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Retrieved from the Philippine Daily Inquirer (20 June 2014)
Life
Feliciano was born on 19 February 1941, in
Morong, Rizal
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.
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Francisco Feliciano graduated from the University of the Philippines with a Teacher's diploma in Music (1967) and a Masters in Music degree in Composition (1972). In 1977, he went to the
Hochschule der Kuenste in Berlin, Germany to obtain a diploma in Music Composition. In 1979 he attended
Yale University
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School of Music and graduated with a Master of Musical Arts and a Doctorate in Musical Arts, Composition. While at Yale University he conducted the Yale Contemporary Ensemble, considered one of the leading performing groups in America for contemporary and avant-garde music. His teachers in conducting were
Arthur Weisberg
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Biography
Weisberg was born in New York City. He attended The High School of Music & Art, majoring in bassoon and s ...
and
Martin Behrmann
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Life
Born in Dessau, Behrmann was a grammar school pupil at the Katharineum in Lübeck and passed the Abitur at the Johanneum in Hamburg. He ...
, while he studied composition under
Jacob Druckman
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Life
A graduate of the Juilliard School in 1956, Druckman studied with Vincent Persichetti, Peter Mennin, and Bernard Wagenaar. In 1949 and 1 ...
,
Isang Yun
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Early life and education
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, H.W. Zimmerman and
Krzysztof Penderecki
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.
He died on September 19, 2014 in Manila at the age of 73.
List of works
Major works and arrangements include:
*''Buksan mo ang aming mga labi'' (published 1982)
*''Mass of Saint Andrew'' (published 1981)
*''Pamugun'' (choral, with soprano solo. published 2002)
*''Pokpok alimpako'' (chorus. published 2002)
*''Three Visayan folksongs: for high voice'' (published 1998)
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Awards and honors
* 2014 -
National Artist for Music
References
External links
Francisco Feliciano- Official profile at Sambalikhaan Foundation website.
Filipino classical composers
Filipino conductors (music)
Musicians from Rizal
1941 births
2014 deaths
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