hilippines, Much of the music of the Philippines have been influenced by the 333 year-long colonial legacies of Spain, Western rock and roll, hip hop and pop music from the United States, the indigenous Austronesia population and Indo-Malayan Gamelan music. The Harana and Kundiman is a lyrical song made popular in the Philippines in the early 19th century, but having origins in older pre-colonial times. Composed in the Western idiom, Kundiman is characterized by a minor key at the beginning and shifts to a major key in the second half. Its lyrics depict a romantic love, usually portraying the pitiful pleadings of a lover willing to sacrifice everything on behalf of his beloved.