Francisco Francisco Feliciano (19 February 1941 – 19 September 2014) was a

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composer and conductor. He was a National Artist of the Philippines for Music.Palace Declares New National Artists
Retrieved from the Philippine Daily Inquirer (20 June 2014)

Life

Feliciano was born on 19 February 1941, in

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.Filscap honors Dadap, Buenaventura, Feliciano
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 6 September 2009 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

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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

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and

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, while he studied composition under

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, H.W. Zimmerman and

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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) See e.g. .

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 {{Philippines-composer-stub