00000cab a22000004cb4500 IPP-00000158731 IPP 20221123151111.0 221123s2014 xx d | ||r |||||eng|| eng Martinez, Edna Marcil The Life and times of Colonel Antonino Buenaventura (1904-1996) 1998 National Artist for Music 2014 Among the nationalistic artists of the twentieth century, Colonel Buenaventura stands as one of those who, before World War II, brought prestige to the Philippines with its rich source of talent. Moreover, Buenaventura stands among other great Filipino composers as the one who perhaps wrote the most number of tone-poems and symphonic band music. His compositional innovations which include the use of folk music materials and combining it with Western compositional devices or norms are two essential factors which brought forth a "new" distinctly Filipino sound. At the time when Western classical music and forms was the center of the Philippines folk music material into a form which was basically Western. The concept was to retain the folk melodic material as it was, then use in its accompaniment material Western music concepts on rhythm, melodic embellishments, chordal progressions and the like. It is this conceptual framework that consequently served as Buenaventura's channel in conveying his nationalistic ideals and sentiments. Hence, significant to the understanding of Buenaventura's compositional styles is to know of his influences as a person and a composer. Buenaventura, Antonino R., 1904-1996 Music Classical influences Modernism (Music) Musika Jornal Vol. 10 (2014), 45-60 UPD DMUE Article FI