Nicanor Abelardo

Nicanor Abelardo
Kapanganakan	7 Pebrero 1893(1893-02-07) San Miguel de Mayumo, Bulacan, Pilipinas
Kamatayan	21 Marso 1934(1934-03-21) (edad 41)

Si Nicanor Abelardo ay isang Pilipinong kompositor ng mga awitin sa pelikula o entablado. Nilikha niya ang mga awitin na kung tawagin ay Kundiman tulad ng "Nasaan ka, Irog" noong 1923, "Kundiman ng Luha", "Mutya ng Pasig", "Ang Aking Bayan", "Himutok", "Pahimakas", "Bituing Marikit" at marami pang iba.

Ang kauna-unahang pelikula ng Sampaguita Pictures na Bituing Marikit kung saan pinagsama ang si Rogelio dela Rosa at ang tinaguriang Singing Sweetheart of the Philippines na si Elsa Oria ay hango sa likhang awit Kundiman na ito ni Abelardo.

Si Abelardo ay namatay noong 1934 at nag-naiwan ng mahigit 140 na nilikha.

Tunay na Pangalan

• Nicanor Sta. Ana Abelardo

Mga Magulang

• Placida Sta. Ana
• Valentine Abelardo

Kapanganakan

• Pebrero 7, 1893

Lugar ng Kapanganakan

• San Miguel de Mayumo,Bulacan,Pilipinas

Komposisyon

• A Study in Kumintang - (for piano and string quartette)
• A Summer Idyll
• A Visayan Caprice - (trio for piano, violin, and violencello)
• Academic Overture
• Akibat
• Alma Mater UP
• Amarosa - (foxtrot)
• An Old Love Song
• Ang Aking Bayan
• Ang Anak na Malawak (barcarola with words)
• Ang Binatang Pilipino
• Ang Dakilang Pagyayakap - (paso doble)
• Ang Likha ni Pierrot/Batik na Kabihasnan - (tagalog operetta)
• Ang Mestisa
• Ang Sarap mong Umibig (duet in Tagalog Zarsueal by F. Ballecer)
• Ang Unang Buko - (waltz)
• Ave Maria (tenor/soprano)
• Ay Kalisud (nicanor)
• Ay Kalisud (foxtrot arranged for orchestra)
• Ayaw sa Pusa - (street song)
• Balitaw - (Visayan ballad)
• Banaag at Lakas
• Bato-bato at Siniguelas - (duet in Tagalog Zarsuela)
• Bibingka’t Langgonisa
• Bituing Marikit - (1937) isinapelikula ng Sampaguita Pictures - titik
• Bonifacio Song
• Buhay ng Dalaga’t Binata
• Bunyng M.H. del Pilar
• Canto del Viajero
• Capriccio Espagnole
• Carola
• Cavatina
• Cinderella (overture for orchestra)
• Concerto in B Flat Minor
• Conservatory Commencement Hymn
• Coronation March
• Dakilang Punglo
• Emilio Jacinto
• Fifes and Castagnettes (bolero for flute and piano)
• Filipino Boy - (2 step)
• First Nocturne - (Piano Solo)
• First Quartette in F major
• Fughetta in C on a Theme
• Grand March
• Halika, Magandang Mestisa - (serenade for tenor)
• Himig ng Bayan
• Himno Masonico - (tenor serenade)
• Himno Plaridel for Full Orchestra
• Himutok
• Historical Pageant
• Honor and Arms
• Hoy-Hoy
• Ikaw (Argentine Tango)
• Ikaw Pa Rin - (1948) titik
• Ikaw Rin - ! (Sola Tu!) - titik
• Initiation Song - (Rizal Center Fraternity)
• Intermezzo (for symphonic band)
• Into Your Eyes (ballad)
• Isa de Requiem
• Kapayapaan/Bunga ng Masamang Hilig
• Kawanggawa (zarsuela)
• Kumintang ng Bayan
• Kundiman (Piano & Violin)
• Kundiman ng Luha - titik
• Kung Ako’y Umibig
• Kung Hindi Man
• Libertador (kundiman)
• Longing (Quartette, Male)
• Lucila
• Lulay (folk song arrangement)
• Magbalik Ka Hirang - isinapelikula noong 1939 - titik
• Marcha Triunfal
• May Isang Bulaklak na Muling Lumitaw - (folk song arrangement)
• May Isang Dalagang Nanggaling sa Bukid
• Meditation for Harmonium Solo
• Modernista
• Mountain Suite
• Mutya ng Pasig - (1948) isinapelikula ng LVN Pictures - titik
• Naku... Kenkoy!
• Nasaan Ang Aking Puso
• Nasaan ka, Irog - (1937) komposisyon at titik
• National Heroes Day Hymn
• National Institute Song
• Ode to the Sampaguita
• Offertory to St. Cecilia
• Our National Pride (Balitaw-waltz)
• Paalam sa Pagkadalaga - (folk song arrangement)
• Pag-ibig na Walang Hanggan - (romantic duet)
• Paghanga (Overture for String Band)
• Pahimakas! (Awit ng Naghihingalo)
• Pahiwatig - titik
• Panoramas (suite for flute, violin, viola, celesta and piano)
• Paraluman(Waltz)
• Pearl of the Orient - (March)
• Petite Serenade for Violin and Piano
• Processional March (orchestra)
• Reminiscences
• Reverie (for Violin and Piano)
• Romanza
• Sa Gintong Panaginip - (kumintang)
• Sa Iyong Kandungan
• Sa Libingan ng Irog
• Salve Regina - (for soprano, baritone, and trio)
• Second Fugue - ( for string quartette)
• Serenade - Cello & Piano
• Sinfoniette for orchestra
• Sonata - for violin and piano
• Sonata for String Quartette
• Sonata in 4 Movements
• Sonata in G Major
• Spirit of ‘96
• Stabat Mater
• Tayo’y Pakasal - (music for the comic duet in 3 acts)
• The Flower and the Bird - (a caprice for flute and violin w/ piano accompaniment)
• The Naughty Nymph - (polka for flute and piano)
• The Song of the Lonesome Traveller
• The Violet
• Three Pieces For the Piano Forte
• Tinig ng mga Kahabag-habag
• Trio for Piano, Cello & Violin
• Ultimo Adios for Female Voices and Orchestra
• Umaga (ballad)
• Un Cuento de Lola Basiang
• UP Beloved (hymn)
• UP Spells “UP”
• Valse Caprice (Piano Solo)
• Valse Elegante - (for symphonic band)
• Valse Extase - (Concert waltz for Saxophone & and Piano)
• Valse in D Flat
• Visayan Orientale (Musical Sketch in 7 Scenes)
• Walang Palad sa Paggiliw
• Waltz (nicanor)
• Wedding March (nicanor) -(orchestra)