Sa Lumang Simbahan- (Kundiman with English Subtitle)

Me singing. A Kundiman composition by Maestro Constancio De Guzman. Presented in this video are photographs of historical religious edifices in the Philippines.

Kundiman is a genre of traditional Filipino love songs. The lyrics of the Kundiman are written in Tagalog. The melody is characterized by a smooth, flowing and gentle rhythm with dramatic intervals. Kundiman was the traditional means of serenade in the Philippines.

The Kundiman came around to be an art song at the end of the nineteenth century and by the early part of the twentieth century, its musical structure was formalized by Filipino composers such as Francisco Santiago and Nicanor Abelardo (February 7, 1893-March 21, 1934); they sought poetry for their lyrics, blending verse and music in equal parts.

Scholars and historians believed that the Kundiman originated from the Tagalog town of Balayan, Batangas. Dr. Francisco Santiago(1889--1947), the "Father of the Kundiman Art Song", briefly explains in his scholarly work "The Development of Music in the Philippines" the reason why this Tagalog song is called Kundiman is because the first stanza of this song begun thus: "Cundiman, cundiman Cundiman si jele" "Hele ng Cundiman Hele ng Cundangan"

In 1872, the illustrious Franciscan Tagalist and poet, Father Joaquin de Coria wrote the "Nueva Gramatica Tagalog Teorica-Practica" which, besides treating grammar, also enumerates the characteristics of Tagalog language, and discusses Tagalog poetry.

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• reyes
• tubecantar
• kundiman
• OPM
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• Guzman
• Philippines
• churches

[danicainfotech]

pa request naman po PIPIT PUSO

[sansu010362]

napakalamig nman ng boses mo kabayan....bket hindi po kau sumali sa mga singing contest?

[ReadMeReadYou]

Beautiful melody. Kind of sad lyrics. These churches are beautiful. Thank you for sharing, Rolando.