Los Bailes de Ayer (Traditional Filipino Music)

Interpreted by Leopoldo Silos and his orchestra. Audio from a vintage phonograph recording published by Columbia records.

When the Spaniards came to the Philippines in the 16th century, they would change the long-held Islamic traditions and culture of the native Filipinos including their religion, government, economics, politics, society, music and dance.

The Spanish Missionaries brought with them a new religion that promised enlightenment, freedom and salvation. They abolished slavery and educated the natives. They capitalized art form like, music and dance to effectively evangelize that it stuck so strongly in the life of people and as manifested in nearly all dances that is labeled as 'Christian'.

Western European ways of life spread throughout the Islands. Along with them came European dances such as the balse (waltz), fandango, mazurka, polka, and the jota. The Filipinos welcomed these dances and, by adding native flare and style, made them their own.

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[philclassic]

Heto ang salin ng Google sa sinulat ni Ginoong Gomez Rivera:

"Ball dances of yesterday is a potpourri of dances Filipinos. And it is wonderful that you found this piece played by the famous master Leopoldo Silos. Fonsucu thank you very much." - G. Gomez Rivera

[guillermo gomez]

Bailes de ayer es un putpuri de bailes filipinos. Y es maravilloso que se haya encontrado esta pieza tocada por el famoso maestro Leopoldo Silos. Muchas gracias fonsucu. G.Gomez Rivera

[philclassic]

Kindly speak in Tagalog or in English. By the way this is Philclassic's channel not fonsucus. Mabuhay kayo!

[philclassic]

@ggrhisfil

Maraming salamat po Ginoong G. Rivera sa inyong komento.

[ennrev]

maraming salamat sa pag-upload ng mga ganitong musika ng ating lahi at kultura..mabuhay ang tunay na musikang Pilipino

[ANAK NG APOLAKI]

Meh . . . I think the pre-spaniard Filipino music sounds much better.

[lowsodium36]

No me gusta por ser pseudo-hispano...

[beautifulelf2017]

sobrang ayos. (i just figured out how to say very cool in filipino)

[BREBOYDE]

are you filipino?

[fonsucu]

Hehe, I always send my videos, plus many others, to hispanofilipino yahoo group, and Guillermo, being this one Filipino with a Spanish title, thought it mine. Thank you, Philclassic, for your wonderful work. Really extraordinary!