Lucio San Pedro - Salamisim (audio + sheet music)

Lucio D. San Pedro (February 11, 1913 – March 31, 2002) was a Filipino composer and teacher who was proclaimed National Artist of the Philippines for Music in 1991.

San Pedro came from a family with musical roots and he began his career early. When he was still in his late teens, he succeeded his deceased grandfather as the local church organist. By then, he had already composed songs, hymns and two complete masses for voices and orchestra. After studying with several prominent musicians in the Philippines, he took advanced composition training with Bernard Wagenaar of the Netherlands. He also studied harmony and orchestration under Vittorio Giannini and took classes at Juilliard in 1947. His other vocation was teaching. He has taught at the Ateneo de Manila University, virtually all the major music conservatories in Manila, and at the College of Music of the University of the Philippines, Diliman, where he retired as a full professor in 1978. He later received the title Professor Emeritus from the University in 1979. He also became a faculty member of the Centro Escolar University Conservatory of Music in Manila. President Corazon C. Aquino proclaimed San Pedro a National Artist of the Philippines for Music in 1991. San Pedro died of cardiac arrest on March 31, 2002 in Angono, Rizal, at the age of 89.

"Salamisim" is a Tagalog word for "recollection", and this piece, one of the perhaps tens of hundreds of his short works for piano, takes that meaning in a playful manner. The piece is composed in commission for the NAMCYA competition, although the uploader of this video is very much unsure if it is because he's not good at researching but has to keep a facade for the sake of professionalism. This can perhaps be a beginner study to introduce the performer to polytonality, as seen in the score, with a D major key on the left, A major on the right.

(Wikipedia)

Please take note that the audio AND sheet music ARE NOT mine. Change the quality to a minimum of 480p if the video is blurry.

Original audio:    • Видео  
(Performance by: Michelle Nicolasora)
Original sheet music: https://drive.google.com/drive/folder...