In August 1896, tension was rife in the capital of Manila and in Cavite province. Meeting with other Katipuneros, Aguinaldo unveiled a plan to attack the Spanish arsenal in Fort San Felipe, Cavite City, then the provincial capital, with the help of Severino Lapidario, warden of the provincial jail. The signal was to be fireworks from the warehouse owned by Maximo Inocencio, a wealthy businessman.
Felipe was born in Cavite City on Jan. 28, 1861. He studied in a public school in the town and later in Binondo, Manila. He learned how to play the piano and organ, and became the organist of St. Peter’s Parish Church and was soon composing songs. These included “Reina de Cavite,” a tribute to Our Lady of Porta Vaga.
Felipe lived a long and productive life, and received many honors. He died on Oct. 2, 1944, in Sampaloc, Manila. A bust of the composer-hero stands near San Sebastian College-Recoletos de Cavite, Cavite City.Of the city’s prominent artists in music and other art forms, Fr. Virgilio S. Mendoza, parish priest and local historian, has observed: “We have five opera singers, composers, poets, painters, historians, heroes, instrumentalists, like Antonio Maigue and many more.
Returning to the Philippines in the 1980s, he soon embarked on a successful series of concerts in Manila and outreach areas. He has performed flute concertos often with Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, a resident company of the Cultural Center of the Philippines .
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