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"Jocelyn ng Baliwag, Magandang Diwata", a
kundiman circa 1800.
From 1896 to 1898 the most famous Kundiman,
which fired the patriotic sentiments of the
Tagalog revolutionaries in the struggle for
liberation from Spanish colonial rule, was
Jocelyn ng Baliuag. Officially known as
Musica del Legitimo Kundiman Procedente del
Campo Insurecto (Music of the Legitimate
Kundiman that Proceeds from the Insurgents),
Jocelynang Baliwag was the favorite Kundiman
among the revolutionaries of Bulacan during
the Philippine Revolution of 1896 - earning
it the title "Kundiman of the Revolution."
In the guise of a love and courtship song, it
features lyrics dedicated to a young and
beautiful Filipina idolized in the Bulacan
town of Baliuag named Josefa 'Pepita'
Tiongson y Lara who symbolizes the image of
the beloved Motherland, the Inang Bayan ng
Katagalugan or Filipinas.
JOCELYNANG BALIWAG
P- Pinopoong sinta, niring calolowa
Nacacawangis mo'y mabangong sampaga
Dalisay sa linis, dakila sa ganda
Matimyas na bucal ng madlang ligaya.
E- Edeng maligayang kinaloclocan
Ng galak at tuwang catamis-tamisan
Hada cang maningning na ang
matunghaya'y
Masamyong bulaclac agad sumisical.
P- Pinananaligan niring aking dibdib
Na sa paglalayag sa dagat ng sakit
'Di mo babayaang malunod sa hapis
Sa pagcabagabag co'y icaw ang
sasagip.
I- Icaw na nga ang lunas sa aking
dalita
Tanging magliligtas sa niluha-luha
Bunying binibining sinucuang cusa
Niring catawohang nangayupapa.
T- Tanggapin ang aking wagas na
pag-ibig
Marubdob na ningas na taglay sa
dibdib
Sa buhay na ito'y walang nilalangit
Cung hindi ikaw lamang, ilaw niring
isip.
A- At sa cawacasa'y ang kapamanhikan
Tumbasan mo yaring pagsintang dalisay
Alalahanin mong cung 'di cahabagan
Iyong lalasunin ang aba cong buhay.
The kundiman is a love song and/or a
patriotic song that generally expresses
lamentation, a longing, a plea, or sorrow.
Influenced by the culture of the times and
the temper of the Filipino, the kundiman's
purpose was never trivial and ordinary.
During the Spanish colonial regime, the
kundiman, "Jocelyn ng Baliwag" was disguised
as an expression of love for a lady from
Bulacan; it was actually an expression of
love for the motherland and the hope of
setting her free from the Spanish
conquistadores.
The kundiman's beat is triple time, in minor
key, and its lyrics are poetic, swaying
smoothly with either a silent note or a mezzo
forte. It is usually sung by a highly trained
and skilled vocalist, accompanied by an
equally trained and skilled string orchestra,
or a pianist, a violinist, and/or a
guitarist. No; ordinary vocalists and
musicians cannot perform the kundiman. It
requires more than just a singing voice and
the ability to pluck some strings. If other
nations have their opera, the Philippines has
its kundiman, uniquely its own.
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