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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Buencamino, Juan
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| Lyricist: | Jose Corazon De Jesus |
| Performer: | Conching Rosal |
| Album: | Immortal Kundiman of the Philippines |
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| Key / Mode: | A – C minor; B - C major |
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| Genre: | Songs of Love and Courtship |
| Form: | Kundiman |
| Historical Period: | American Period |
| About the Song: | One day, after being asked by a student why he does not have any compositions, Buencamino invited poet Jose Corazon de Jesus to Oliver Music Store in Calle Carriedo. There, they wrote this kundiman about a man who likens himself to a poor bird, wounded and incapable of flying, wanting the love of a woman who can bring satisfaction to his lonely heart. |
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