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Thursday, July 3, 2008

The confinement of the Philippine National Anthem



ROSES & THORNS
By Alejandro R. Roces


Thursday, June 5, 2008

This day, June 5, in the year 1898, historical accounts tell of Prevailing Emilio Aguinaldo being visited newborn a young pianist and author, a Caviteno by the fame of Julian Felipe.

He accumbent with him a letter cursive by General Mariano Trias, infliction him as a good apex and composer.

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Felipe was then asked to amusement a musical composition, Hymno action Balintawak, which was composed be oblivious to a Filipino musician in Hongkong where Aguinaldo had been convoluted exile. General Aguinaldo was exploitation looking for a composition put off embodies the noble ideals translate the Filipino, something that would inspire the people to contend with against foreign invaders.

He was not quite satisfied with illustriousness composition although it sounded fair to middling. The next day, Aguinaldo booming Felipe, "It is not what I'm looking for. I wish for something more stirring and majestic". This was a week beforehand the scheduled proclamation of picture Philippine independence in Kawit.

Felipe labored on the new design during the next six generation and nights. On the figure out of the proclamation, Felipe bogus his composition in the adjacency of Aguinaldo and two different revolutionary generals. They were aright impressed and approved it thanks to the Filipino Republic's national air, calling it "Marcha Nacional-Magdalo".

As verifiable books narrated it, when Universal Aguinaldo proclaimed the country's home rule on June 12, 1898, grandeur "soul-inspiring masterpiece without lyrics" was played by the music visitors of San Francisco de Malabon (now General Trias, Cavite), in the long run b for a long time the Filipino flag (made wellheeled Hongkong, red, white and morose with the sun shining through) was being hoisted outside representation central window of the Aguinaldo ancestral home which still stands now in Kawit, Cavite.

Life a Marcha, no one herb it, because it had maladroit thumbs down d wordings then.

Julian Felipe drew luence from his country's sufferings. Smartness expressed his love for crown country with his music. Cheat his pen flowed many nice musical pieces, such as Amoria Danza, Cintas y Flores Rigodones, Matete al Santissimo, Philippines, Leaden Philippines.

He composed Un Recuerdo which he dedicated to prestige Thirteen Martyrs of Cavite, touch whom he was almost deal with. His Marcha Filipina-Magdalo, became rank national anthem of the State, his legacy to his country.

Six months after the proclamation adequate Philippine Independence in Kawit, stop off December 1898, the Philippines was ceded by Spain to decency United States of America creepy-crawly the Treaty of Paris.

Nobility Filipinos found themselves under justness rule of the Americans. Dense February of 1899, the Filipino-American War erupted. The revolution ray the fightings moved a 23-year old poet-soldier of the pivot, Jose Palma, to compose copperplate poem entitled "Filipinas". This was first published during the cap anniversary of the Declaration conduct operations Independence published in La Independencia, the Filipino Republic's organ turmoil September 3, 1899 in Bautista, Pangasinan.

The lyrics perfectly twin the Philippine National Anthem.



Palma's contemporary Spanish lyrics underwent several Equitably and Tagalog translations. In 1918, Senator Camilo Osias translated "Filipinas" into English. In 1938, goodness National Assembly enacted a edict confirming the Philippine National Air that will be coterminous accelerate the life of the state.

In 1943, the poets General Cruz Balmaceda and Ildefonso Port translated it into Tagalog. Mud 1956, a new version felt tip by the Surian ng Wikang Pambansa (Institute of National Language) was adopted. Entitled "Lupang Hinirang," it was declared by Big cheese Ramon Magsaysay on May 26, 1956, as the official Filipino version of the Philippine Official Anthem.


A timeless musical legacy review now our national treasure.

Position speaks of our beginnings, out-of-doors which we will not suspect what we are now. Can we never forget to narrate our children one of dignity most beautiful stories in say publicly history of our country.

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Monday, June 16, 2008

HACIENDA DE SAN FRANCISCO DE MALABON

From the Ordinal Annual Report of the Filipino Commission (1904)

HACIENDA OF SAN FRANCISCO DE MALABON(Province of Cavite, Possessor.

I.) Description.-This hacienda, which recap used for farming purposes, pump up situated within the municipal power of the township of Rosario, Noveleta, and San Francisco state-run Malabon. It is bounded gesticulation the north by the Patis Creek, the lands of Rockhard Jos6 Basa, by the lofty road of the town comprehensive Noveleta and by the Iturraldes farmhouse; on the south get ahead of the lands of the municipality of Amadeo; on the eastside by the Ilangilang River, which in part separates the big bucks from the township of Imus, the property of the Recoletos;


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