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: | Dely Magpayo and Bert Buena (and his rondalla) |
| Album: | Buhay sa Bukid / Pamaypay ng Maynila |
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| Key / Mode: | C minor - C major |
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| Genre: | Songs of Love and Courtship |
| Form: | Balitaw |
| Historical Period: | American Period |
| About the Song: | The fan, used by seemingly demure ladies, becomes symbolic in the wide array of attitudes and emotions it could convey--from shyness and coyness to outright flirtatious expressions of love, depending on the gestures used when fanning. (From the CCP Encyclopedia of Philippine Art, v. 6, p. 261) |
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Walang Sugat (Not Wounded), a sarswela (a play with song and dance) in three acts, tells the story of two young lovers who are torn between their love for country and love for each other. MORE
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