"What is a Musical Nationalism?"

The utilization of the TUNES, MELODIES, RHYTHMS and HARMONIES known in a certain country is what we can refer to as MUSICAL NATIONALISM.

It is used to distinguish non-European twentieth century music.

This includes FOLKLORE.

FoLkLOrE

An expressive culture present in a specific population consisting the traditions, subculture or group.

This includes TALES, MUSIC, DANCE, LEGENDS, ORAL HISTORY, PROVERBS, JOKES, POPULAR BELIEFS, and CUSTOMS.

Tales: a report or a told story oftenly malicious or a lie

Music: a harmoniously, pleasing sound or mixture of sounds

Dance: a rhythmic motion or gestures performed to music

Legends: a historical foretold stories oftenly about earlier times

Oral History: recorded historical informations oftenly being audio/video-taped obtained form an interview

Proverbs: sayings which do express truth

Jokes: something amusing told causing laughter or simply, a punch line

Popular Beliefs: something considered as true or is believed

Customs: practices that are followed by many or even just a certain group

4 Types of FOLKLORE

• aRtifaCts (voodoo dolls)
• dEsCribAbLe aNd tRanSmiSsibLe Entity (OraL tRaDitiOn)
• CuLtUrE
• bEhAviOr (RitUaLs)

Music of the Philippines

Since we are talking about musical nationalism, then perhaps we need to consider our own music, the Philippine Music.

We may not know that our MUSIC is compiled by the combination of European, American and Indigenous sounds.

Our MUSIC is termed as OPM, which means Original Pilipino Music or in other quote Original Pinoy Music. This pertaining to Filipino Pop Songs. It should be composed by Filipinos and should be created in the Philippines ( but some are considering OPM performed outside the country as long as it is sang by a Filipino individual and is somehow related to our country). Somehow, it may also be written in any language.