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NICANOR ABELARDO
Exponent of the Kundiman
(Feb 7, 1893 -March 21, 1934)
Nicanor Abelardo was born in San Miguel de Mayumo, Bulacan, the eldest of eight children of Valentin Abelardo and Placida Santa Ana. His formal Education was desultorily obtained. He attended the town school in San Miguel and later on attended several scholls in Manila, finishing his primary course in 1905 at the Quiapo Primary School. He enrolled at the Conservatory of Music, University of the Philippines when it opened in 1916, receiving his teacher's certificate in Science and Composition in 1921. The following year, he finished a post graduate course. In 1931, he received a grant from the University of the Philippines which enabled him to go abroad and pursue advanced musical studies at the Chicago Musical College. He returned to his native country in 1932 and was granted the Master's Degree in absentia after fulfilling academic requirements at the National University.
Throughout his life, Abelardo had to work to support himself and his own family. He also supported his younger sisters. He held all types of odd jobs-first as pianist in small and low class theaters, then as orchestra conductor of bigger and better class theaters. During his students days, he held assistantship in solfeggio an
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Constancio de Guzman Sr. (1903-1982) : Mapeh 10 Music
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Constancio Bernardo
Filipino painter
In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Anastacio and the surname or paternal family name is Bernardo.
Constancio Bernardo (December 22, 1913 – August 8, 2003) was a Filipino painter and professor.[1][2] He is known for making the earliest modern geometric abstract paintings in the Philippines and in Southeast Asia.[3][4][5][6][7]
Early life and education
[edit]Bernardo was born on December 22, 1913, in Obando, Bulacan, in American-occupied Philippines. He was the son of Pedro Ma. Bernardo and Cecilia Anastacio. He studied at Obando Elementary School from 1920 to 1925. In 1929, he transferred to Manila West, which is now Florentino Torres High School in Tondo, Manila, and finished his secondary education in 1933. He obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of the Philippines in 1948. He was a student of Pablo and Fernando Amorsolo at the University of the Philippines School of Fine Arts before the Second World War. He earned a second Bachelor of Fine arts in 1951 and a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1952 at Yale School of Art as a Fulbright Scholar. While at Yale, he was mentored by Josef Albers who int