Spanish Influenced Music
With the coming of the spaniards in 1521 the Filipino's music underwent a transformation with the influx of western influences, particularly the Spanish-European culture prevalent during the 17th to the -19th centuries. During the succeeding three centuries, the Hispanization which was tied up with religious conversation, effected a change in the people's musical thinking and what emerged was a hybrid expression heavily tinged with a Hispanic taste. It produced a religious music connected to and outside the Catholic liturgy and a European inspired secular music adapted by the Filipinos and reflected in their folk song and instrumental music.