Most of you folks would know him from his "Gongs and Bamboo" release on Tzadik (http://www.tzadik.com/CDSections/ComposerSeries/maceda.html): http://www.inq7.net/brk/2004/may/06/brkpol_9-1.htm National artist Jose Maceda dies at 87 Posted: 10:58 AM (Manila Time) | May 06, 2004 INQ7.net with GMA 7 NATIONAL Artist for music Jose Maceda died due to a lung ailment at his Quezon City home, GMA Network's "Flash Report" said. He was 87. Maceda's death at 10 p.m. Wednesday came a week after National Artist for literature Nick Joaquin died due to cardiac arrest. His remains will be brought to the Abelardo Hall at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City, where he taught piano and ethnomusicology from 1952 to 1990. Maceda was proclaimed a National Artist in 1997. His acclaimed compositions include Ugma-ugma (1963), Pagsamba (1968), and Udlot-udlot (1975). See also his entry at the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive (http://www.ethnomusic.ucla.edu/Archive/biomaceda.htm).