Bonifacio Abdon

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bonifacio Abdon (born May 14, 1876 in Santa Cruz , Manila , † April 23, 1944 in Manila) was a Filipino violinist , music teacher , composer and conductor . He is considered the father of modern Kundiman, a genre of Filipino love songs.

Life

Bonifacio Abdon was born in Manila. His parents were Gregorio and Julia Abdon. He lived with his grandfather Juan de Dios Abdon in Pandacan, Manila , where famous artists and musicians lived. He learned basic music theory from a blind musician named Mandong Bulang, Mando the Blind. He later studied at the Ateneo municipial, the Ateneo de Manila University and sang in the local choir. But he didn't stay long at the Ateneo. When he was thirteen, Ladislao Bonus (1854–1908), a Filipino composer who is also called the father of Filipino opera , became his teacher. He taught him music theory, composition, conducting and the violin.

Bonifacio Abdon became famous at the beginning of the 20th century through S arswelas, Zarzuelas in Tagalog . First he wrote works for his brother-in-law Patricio Mariano , who wrote plays for the theaters in Manila after the turn of the century, and for the Filipino poet Aurelio Tolentino. In 1902 Bonifacio Abdon conducted the orchestra in performances by Praxedes Julia Fernandez, a well-known Filipino singer. In 1902 he was the conductor of the Carmelo Rizals Orchestra. In 1910 he founded the Orchestra Oriental. In 1912 he became musical director of the Ateneo Music Seminar and the Musical Society of the Philippines. At that time he was also giving violin lessons in his apartment in Quiapo, Manila. The place became known as the violin school. He continued his lessons until he was appointed violin teacher at the Conservatory of Music at the University of the Philippines in 1920. He also taught at the Istituto de Mueres and the Philippine Lyric Academy. Among his students were Nicanor Abelardo , Ernesto Vallejo, Ramon Tapales (1906–1995), Ramon Mendoza, Veneranda Acayan Carreon, Filomena Legarda, Teresa Valdez Thompson, Jose Iñigo and Antonio Lozano. In 1921 Abdon formed a string quartet with the violinist Francisco Avellana, the cellist Felipe Marin and the singer Jose Carrion. In the early twenties he conducted many zarzuelas and operas. His career lasted until his death on April 23, 1944 from nephritis in Manila. He was buried on Manila North Cemetary .

Works

Kundiman

Bonifacio Abdon played an important role in the development of Kundiman from a Filipino folk song to an art song. He is referred to as the father of Kundiman and gave him a formal structure that set him apart from the forms of performance as a folk song.

  • Kundiman . Text: Patricio Mariano . 1920. It was the first Kundiman to be printed as an art song.
  • “Awit ni Maria Clara”

Stage works

  • La Rosa [The Rose]. Text: Aurelio Tolentino. Text: Aurelio Tolentino, Manila, 1908
  • La Boda Maldita [Bloody Wedding]. Drama lirico in one act Text: Aurelio Tolentino, Manila, 1908
  • Manila Cinematografica . Text: Aurelio Tolentino, 1908
  • Crimen sobre Crimen [crime upon crime]. Text: Aurelio Tolentino, 1909
  • Ang Anak ng Dagat [The Son of the Sea]. Text: Patricio Mariano , Quezon City, 1921
  • Prisionera de amor. Drama lirico in three acts. Text: Rosa L. Sevilla de Alvero. Manila 1922

literature

  • Bonifacio Abdon. In: E. Arsenio Manuel: Dictionary of the Philippine Biography. [Dictionary of Filipino Biography]. Filipiniana Publications. University of the Philippines. Quezon City, 1955
  • Quiliano Niñeza Anderson: Kundiman love songs from the Philippines: their development from folksong to art song and an examination of representative repertoire [Kundiman love songs from the Philippines: their development from folk song to art song and an examination of the representative repertoire]. DMA (Doctor of Musical Arts Thesis). University of Iowa. 2015

Recordings

  • Kundiman. Version for violin and piano. Ernesto Vallejo, violin. Recorded on September 1, 1929. Columbia die number W147762

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Lucrecia R. Kasilag:  Abdon, Bonifacio. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Quiliano Niñeza Anderson: Kundiman love songs from the Philippines: their development from folksong to art song and an examination of representative repertoire, DMA (Doctor of Musical Arts thesis) . Ed .: University of Iowa. 2015, p. 82–87 (English, uiowa.edu [PDF]).
  3. ↑ a b c d e Himig | Bonifacio Abdon. Retrieved June 22, 2017 (English).
  4. ↑ The Dynamic Teeners of the 21st Century II '2005 Ed. Rex Bookstore, Inc., 2005, ISBN 971-23-4046-5 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
  5. ↑ a b Ramon Pagayon Santos: Tunugan: Four Essays on Filipino Music . UP Press, 2005, ISBN 971-542-488-0 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
  6. ^ Ernesto V. Epistola: Nicanor Abelardo, the Man and the Artist: A Biography . Rex Bookstore, Inc., 1996, ISBN 971-23-2062-6 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
  7. ↑ Abdon, Bonifacio . In: V. Almario, (Ed.): Sagisag Kultura . tape 1 . National Commission for Culture and the Arts, Manila 2015 ( com.ph ).
  8. ^ Aurelio Tolentino: La rosa . 1908, OCLC 986242617 .
  9. ↑ Boda maldita; drama lírico en un acto. In: WorldCat. Retrieved June 5, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Patricio Mariano, Bonifacio Abdon: Ang anak ng dagató (silay ng liwanag): dulang may isang pasimula at tatlong yugto na pawang tula . Roberto Martinez & Sons, Quezon City 1921, OCLC 34030927 .
  11. ^ Bonifacio Abdon (composer). In: Discography of American Historical Recordings . Retrieved June 22, 2017 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Abdon, Bonifacio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Filipino violinist, music teacher, composer and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Santa Cruz , Manila
DATE OF DEATH April 23, 1944
Place of death Manila