The Manila Chamber Orchestra Foundation, in partnership with the Filipinas Heritage Library, opens its 2012 season this February with a concert series that celebrates not only music about love, but music that we truly love. MORE
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De Guzman, Constancio
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| Lyricist: | Constancio De Guzman |
| Performer: | Leopoldo Silos (and his orchestra) |
| Album: | Love Songs (Leopoldo Silos & his Orchestra) |
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| Key / Mode: | G major |
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| Genre: | Songs of Love and Courtship |
| Form: | Danza |
| Historical Period: | American Period |
| Date of Composition: | 1940 |
| Movie Scoring: | Performed by Carmen Rosales and Rogelio de la Rosa in the 1954 movie of the same title produced by Sampaguita Pictures |
| About the Song: | Expressing a couple's promise of a love that will transcend time and death, this song has three parts, with the lovers answering each other in the second part. It is set in the slow duple time of the danza, a style well-known for the harana (serenade). (From the CCP Encyclopedia of Philippine Art, vol. 6, p. 249) |
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