Download or read book The Life & Works of Marcelo Adonay written by Elena Rivera Mirano and published by UP Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marcelo Adonay (1848-1928) was a major Philippine composer and church musician. As maestro de capilla of the San Agustin church in Intramuros, Manila, he presided over the musical establishment of a powerful Augustinian Order that required the performance of elaborate instrumental and choral works. This pioneering work includes five major essays on Adonay's life, his milieu, an inventory of his extant and missing works, and musical and formal analyses of his magnum opus, Pequeña Misa Solemne sobre Motivos de la Missa Regia de Canto Gregoriano.