Rosalina Abejo

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Sister Maria Rosalina Madroñal Abejo, RVM ( R eligious of the V irgin M ary) (* 13. July 1922 in Tagoloan , Misamis Oriental , Philippines ; † 5. June 1991 in Fresno , Fresno County , California , United States ) was a Filipino Religious sister, composer, conductor and music teacher.

Life

Childhood and education in the Philippines from 1922 to 1962

Rosalina Abejo's parents were the artist, speaker, poet and violinist Pedro Abejo y Villegas and the singer Beatriz Zamarro de Abejo. She grew up in a musical environment and had eight siblings who played either the violin or the piano. About twenty-five uncles and cousins ​​lived in Misamis Oriental, who met regularly to make music and formed an orchestra. She got piano lessons at an early age. First she went to St. Mary's School in Tagoloan. She was a gifted student and skipped grade twice. Then she went to Lourdes College in Cagayan de Oro City . Roselina received her first music lessons from her mother's cousin, later sister Maria Rosario Madroñal, RVM, and from sister Marcela Ramos, RVM. After obtaining the Elementary Teacher's Certificate 1940 she entered the Order R eligious of the V irgin M ary .

At the beginning of the Second World War she was the pianist, organist and choir director of her congregation. She gave music lessons and began to compose. In 1949 she received her associate degree from the School of Music at St. Scholastica's College in Manila . She received her Bachelor of Music degree with a major in piano from St. Scholastica's College in 1956 . In 1957 she obtained her MM us in composition at the Philippine Women's University in Manila. At her final concert her works were performed by the Filipino Youth Symphony Orchestra under Professor Luis Valencia. The opera singers Aurelio Estanislao and Fides Cuyugan as well as the pianist Carmencita Losada performed as soloists. From 1957/1958 to 1960/1961 she was Dean of Music at Lourdes College in Cagayan de Oro City. In addition to the symphony orchestra, which she founded in 1957, she also directed a choir there. From 1961 to 1962 she held the same position at Immaculate College in Manila.

Period of stays abroad between 1962 and 1975

From 1962 to 1964, Rosalina Abejo went abroad for further studies. She presented her compositions and gave piano concerts. By 1963 she had composed around 300 pieces of music. In 1962, at an audience in the Vatican, she met Pope John XXIII, who encouraged her to continue on the musical path. In 1962 she studied with Felix Labunski (* December 27, 1898; † April 28, 1979), a student of Vincent d'Indys and Paul Dukas ', at the Labunski School of Composition in Cincinnati , in 1963 she studied with Wayne Barlow (* 6. September 1912; † December 17, 1996), a student of Arnold Schönberg , took a doctoral level course at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester . In 1963/64 she studied with George Thaddeus Jones at the Catholic University of America in Washington DC At the Eastman School of Music she studied piano with José Echániz (* 1905, † 1969). She attended orchestral rehearsals by well-known conductors such as Alfred Wallenstein and Fritz Mahler . In Europe she studied with Darius Milhaud, Marinus Jong and Nadja Boulanger.

From 1964 to 1976 she taught composition at St. Mary's College in Manila and was secretary of the National Liturgical Commission for Sacred Music. From 1967 to 1976 she was the founder, director and conductor of the Nuns Concerts for charity .

She dealt with the treatment and handling of the physically and mentally disabled and attended courses in music therapy at Kansas University with Gaston Thayer.

From 1968 to 1970 she took intensive conducting courses with Fritz Mahler in New York City and attended an intensive workshop for conductors with Franco Ferrara in Rome in 1974/75 .

Time in the USA after 1977

In 1977 Rosalina Abejo moved to the USA. After leaving her Religious of the Virgin Mary order, she joined the US-based International Sisters for Christian Community in 1979 . From 1977 to 1979 she taught composition, music theory and music education at Kansas University . She was the Faculty Director of the Music Department and directed the Schola Cantorum and the Seminarians Choir at St. Pius X Seminary in Covington , Kentucky . In 1979 she founded the Ars Nova Symphony Orchestra and the Ars Nova Concert Chorus in Fremont , Alameda County , California . She was director and conductor of both ensembles. From 1978 to 1982 she was music director at the Holy Spirit Church in Fremont. From 1982 she was at St. Leonards Church in Fremont. She died in Fresno on June 5, 1991, at the age of 68. Her grave is in the Irvington Memorial Cemetery in Fremont. Rosalina Abejo worked for many charities such as the Dr. José Rizal Memorial Foundation , the United Nations Association of the Philippines, and other Catholic organizations. She was the vice president of the Philippine Conductors' Association .

Awards

Rosalina Abejo received the Republic Culture Heritage Award in 1967 and the Mother Battig Centennial Recognition in 1970. Baptista Battig, OSB was the founder of the Conservatory of Music at St. Scholastica's College. She also won the Philippines' Independence Day Award in 1973 and the Tandang Sora Award in 1975 . The Philippine Foundation of Performing Arts in America elected her president in 1980.

Works (selection)

Rosalina Abejo's work comprises over three hundred compositions. These include orchestral works, masses and other liturgical works, the first Filipino oratorio, operettas, songs, piano and chamber music. She wrote music textbooks for elementary schools and high schools .

music

  • Gregoria, 1950
  • Academic Festival Quartet
  • Aeolian Piano Concerto , 1949; Version for two pianos
  • Advent , cantata, 1957
  • Allegro scherzando for two pianos
  • Beatriz Symphony
  • Brotherhood Symphony, 1986
  • Buhay. Cycle for soprano and orchestra, 1969
  • Bukidnon Caprice
  • Bukidnon clay poem
  • Convent Garden Suite, 1956
  • The conversion of King Humabon , Cantata, 1967
  • Death and victory, 1976
  • Dalawang Pusong Dakila
  • Easts Meets West in Dance, 1991
  • Explosion of the Pyramids, 1985
  • Fantasia for two pianos
  • Guitar concert
  • Grand Pontifical March
  • The Guerrilla Symphony. Symphony in one movement. A Serenity of the Philippines B Invasion C Occupation D Battle of Liberation E Victory . Recorded with the Philippine Symphony Orchestra under Rosalina Abejo
  • Hating Gabing Tahimik, Christmas carol. Recorded by  The Sisters Concert Chorus  and the soloist Sr. M. Isabelita, RVM
  • Hold High the torch, 1981
  • Imelda for three pianos
  • In memoriam
  • Jubilee Symphony
  • Kaleidoscope
  • Piano quintet, 1965
  • Concert waltz based on folk songs
  • La Filipina "Imelda", fantasy on Filipino themes for marimba and orchestra. Dedicated to Imelda Romualdez Marcos , the First Lady . Recorded by Petra Molas, marimba, and the Philippine Symphony Orchestra under Rosalina Abejo.
  • Larawan ng Isang Babae
  • Liturgical serenade
  • Loops, Circles and Squares , 1979
  • Maranaw Trail for two marimbas, piano and percussion, 1971
  • Marian Symphony
  • Marimba concert
  • Mga awiting Pilipino [Filipino Songs]. Co-author Alfredo S. Buonaventura. Manila, 1980
  • Mindanao echoes for piano
  • Mindanao Festival for two pianos
  • Muslim diver, 1986
  • Muslim Wedding
  • The Mutiny and The Woman: Bloodless Revolution, 1987. Performed on January 11, 1987 at Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco.
  • Ode to a Statesman, 1971. Dedicated to the Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos . Recorded with the Philippine Symphony Orchestra under Rosalina Abejo
  • Octet for winds and strings
  • Onward Ye Women , 1975
  • Overture 1081. Recorded with the Philippine Symphony Orchestra under Rosalina Abejo
  • Pag-ibig Sa Tinubuang Bayan , Choral Symphony, 1979
  • Pagtubos (Redemption) , Oratorio , 1969
  • Pamuhat-buhat
  • Panahon
  • Pioneer Symphony
  • Portrait of a Lady. Dedicated to First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos on her birthday. Recorded with the Philippine Symphony Orchestra under Rosalina Abejo
  • President Kennedy March
  • Recuerdos [greetings] for guitar and orchestra. In honor of the First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos. I Leyte Chimes II Manila memories [memories of Manila] III Malacañang gardens. Recorded by Bill Guerrero, guitar, and the Philippine Symphony Orchestra under Rosalina Abejo.
  • Five string quartets, 1949–1959
  • Sons of the Loyola March. Song with piano accompaniment. Text: Rev. Fr. Francisco Araneta. Manila, Phoenix, 1965
  • Story of Was for Orchestra, 1991
  • Strings on the dignity of man , 1979
  • Surge of the fair sex, 1984
  • Symphony of fortitude and sudden springs, 1989
  • Symphony of life, 1988
  • Symphony of psalms, 1988
  • Tha-natopsis, 1956
  • The Blood Compact of 1565. 1970
  • The Trilogy of Man, 1971
  • Three projections
  • Valle de los Caidos, 1964
  • Thirteen Variations for Two Pianos
  • Vespers in a covenant garden
  • Villancico Filipino [Filipino Christmas Carol] Performed by  The Sisters Concert Chorus  with the soloists
  • Five Wedding Songs, 1983
  • Why should we weep so, 1968

Teaching works

  • Let's play the piano

literature

  • William C. Mann: Nun makes, writes music. In: The Manhattan Mercury , Manhattan Kansas, June 22, 1971 p. 6
  • Helen F. Samson: Contemporary Filipino Composers: Biographical Interviews. [Contemporary Filipino Composers: Biographical Interviews]. Manlapaz Publishing Company, 1976
  • Michaela Beltran-Gonzalez: Filipino Women in Nation Building: A Compilation of Brief Biographies: Dedicated to the Decade of Women Proclaimed by the United Nations. Phoenix Publishing House, 1984 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  • Rosalina Z. Abejo. In: Filipinos in History, vol 1-3 , Manila, National Historical Institute NHI, 1992
  • Abejo, Rosalina. In: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 9th Edition 2001
  • Jörg Jewanski:  Abejo, M. Rosalina. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 1 (Aagard - Baez). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 1999, ISBN 3-7618-1111-X , Sp. 30–31 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
  • Sister Maria Rosalina Abejo. First Filipino woman music conductor. In: In: Maribel Ongpin (Ed.): Filipina firsts. A salute to one hundred woman pioneers 1898-1998. Philippine American Foundation 2002

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Rosalina Z Abejo. (PDF) In: Filipinos in History. National Historic Institute, 1992, accessed July 5, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h Sr Rosalina Abejo in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  3. ↑ a b c d e Sister Maria Rosalina Abejo. First Filipino woman music conductor. In: Maribel Ongpin (Ed.): Filipina firsts. A salute to one hundred woman pioneers 1898-1998 . Philippine American Foundation, Washington DC 2002, p. 109 .
  4. ^ A b c Helen F. Samson: Contemporary Filipino Composers: Biographical Interviews . Manlapaz Publishing Company, 1976 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed July 5, 2017]).
  5. ↑ a b c d Jörg Jewanski:  Abejo, M. Rosalina. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 1 (Aagard - Baez). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 1999, ISBN 3-7618-1111-X , Sp. 30–31 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
  6. ↑ a b c d e f g Sister Maria Rosalina Abejo . ( prabook.com [accessed July 6, 2017]).
  7. ^ A b Neil Butterworth: Dictionary of American Classical Composers . Routledge, 2013, ISBN 978-1-136-79024-9 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed July 5, 2017]).
  8. ^ A b They see job Isle-To-Isle . In: Democrat and Chronicle . Rochester, New York July 17, 1963, pp. 11 (English, newspapers.com ).
  9. ^ William C. Mann: Nun Makes And Writes Music . In: Manhattan Mercury . Manhattan, KS June 22, 1971, p. 9 (English, newspapers.com [accessed July 19, 2018]).
  10. ↑ a b c d e Abejo, Rosalina - Dictionary definition of Abejo, Rosalina | Encyclopedia.com: FREE online dictionary. Retrieved July 5, 2017 .
  11. ↑ a b c d Antje Olivier, Karin Weingartz-Perschel: Female composers: an inventory: the collection of the European Women's Music Archive . Tokkata, 1988 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed July 7, 2017]).
  12. ^ They See Job Isle-to-Isle . In: Democrat and Chronicle . Rochester, NY July 17, 1963, pp. 11 (English, newspapers.com [accessed July 19, 2018]).
  13. ↑ a b c Sr. MR Abejo * and The Sisters' Concert Chorus - Christmas Is Here! Retrieved July 5, 2017 .
  14. ↑ a b c d Nick Strimple: Choral Music in the Twentieth Century . Hal Leonard Corporation, 2005, ISBN 978-1-57467-122-3 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed July 4, 2017]).
  15. ^ Performers Rights Society of the Philippines. Retrieved July 6, 2017 .
  16. ↑ a b c Sister M. Rosalina Abejo, RVM - The Guerrilla Symphony And La Filipina "Imelda". Retrieved July 5, 2017 .
  17. ↑ a b Sr. MR Abejo * and The Sisters' Concert Chorus - Christmas Is Here! Retrieved July 5, 2017 .
  18. ↑ Mga Pilipino awiting. 1980, Retrieved July 6, 2017 (Tagalog).
  19. ^ Music: Filipino American Multi Cultural Organization . In: The Press Democrat . Santa Rosa January 2, 1987, p. 38 (English, newspapers.com [accessed July 19, 2018]).
  20. ↑ a b Sister M. Rosalina Abejo, RVM - Overture 1081. Retrieved on July 5, 2017 (English).
  21. ↑ a b Sister M. Rosalina Abejo, RVM - Accolade For The First Lady. Retrieved July 5, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Abejo, Rosalina
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Abejo, Maria Rosalina Madroñal RVM
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Filipino religious sister, composer, conductor and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Tagoloan , Misamis Oriental , Philippines
DATE OF DEATH June 5, 1991
Place of death Fresno , Fresno County , California , United States