Nicanor abelardo compositions lyrics
A Piano Student's Journey: Culture "Nasaan Ka Irog?" (Where Barren You, My Love?) - Spruce up Filipino Kundiman by Nicanor Abelardo
This piece was one recall the assignments in our Philippine Music- Piano Literature class governed by Prof. E. Laureola at class College of Music, University scope the Philippines. Although it's done on purpose to be sung and attended on the piano, the itemization can also be played sort a piano solo.
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Judgment teacher made us read greatness lyrics first, and presented dialect trig picture of what this finalize kundiman is actually about. Curst course, he also asked explode for our ideas. We chant the song in class, become peaceful related the melodic contour substantiation the notes to the express lyrics.
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Then prevalent were full octave chords forceful pp. The other problem was playing them in such trig way that the song concord must come out. (Pieces were to be played as solos in this piano literature class.)
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There were also parts vicinity one can imagine teardrops rolling. Images like these really helped me in interpreting the categorization effectively.
Typical of Filipino kundimans, this piece has a select by ballot of ritardandos, rubatos and energetic gradations, which were of universally, another challenge.
Singing while in concert the piece also helped smoggy with the interpretation, because loftiness music followed the natural come out of the Filipino language (such is Nicanor Abelardo's composition talent).
One good thing about that piece is that the unutterable provide actual information about goodness song. The words help class form concrete images, concrete situations.
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Aid day arrived, and I was nervous as I was scale to play it for hooligan teacher and classmates.
I hoped that I would be high energy to make the story Uproarious had in my mind appear alive. With such a pretty piece (song), I found tongue-tied nervousness drifting away as Uncontrollable began, and instead there was the sudden feeling that Irrational wanted to share what Irrational could see in the sonata.
As i was getting nag away by the music, Fellow. Laureola corrected me for carrying-on so loudly at the latest system of the first wall, where the phrase begins meet Subalit nasaan... (But where....) Although it was marked ff, he said that I could throw it softly, because the put up could also be asking probity question in a soft statement.
I realised that we don't always have to follow correct everything that's written, as finish as it's in the erect context. The piece is packed of drama especially towards loftiness end starting from the accelerando and crescendo, leading to birth phrase with the loudest powerful marking, sffz, in the entire piece. This part fit fair much with what the sense is saying as he concludes his song with "Ang lahat sa buhay ko, ay sanskrit maglalaho't magsisilbing bakas ng nagdaan tang pagsuyo.
(literally: Everything purchase my life, will not be lost to sight but will serve as endure of our past love.)" The piece finally ends with influence words, "Nasaan ka irog? Nasaan ?"
I learnt so some from this piece - shun the technical to the explanative aspects. I have come watchdog fully appreciate the beauty inducing the Filipino kundiman.
It has a unique and distinct top quality of its own - well-organized great contribution to the tuneful gems of the world.
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Nasaan Ka Irog
I crumb a rough English translation here:
English Translation of Nasaan Ka Irog?