On the Relationships Between Words and Melody in the Pulangihon-Umayamnon Bukidnon Uwaging

Singers of indigenous, long narratives in the Philippines employ a number of tunes in setting the verses. In this paper, I examine the tunes that Datu Sinuhoy Kaligunan utilized in his UWAGING performance, lasting near 11 hours, that I recorded in May 2005. Datu Sinuhoy is a Pulangihon-Umayamnon Buk...

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Main Author: José S. Buenconsejo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of the Philippines 2006-12-01
Series:Humanities Diliman
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Online Access:http://journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/humanitiesdiliman/article/view/626/2010