Source Set 14: Music, Culture, and Identity


Source 14.A: "Frio en el Alma"

Sheet music for a song titled, "Frio En El Alma" written by Vicente Fernandez in 1973. This sheet music is from Archie Lopez's collection of songs he often played at Filipino community organization events with his band, "Archie and the Islanders."

👂 Listen to "Frio En El Alma" Links to an external site.

Sheet music for Frio En El Alma, described above

Vicente Fernandez. "Frio En El Alma Sheet Music Links to an external site.." 1973. Sheet Music. Lopez Family Collection, Watsonville is in the Heart: A Community Archive and Research Initiative.


Source 14.B: "Dahil Sa Iyo"

Sheet music for a song titled, "Dahil Sa Iyo" written by Mike Velarde Jr. in 1938. This sheet music is from Archie Lopez's collection of songs he often played at Filipino community organization events with his band, "Archie and the Islanders." "Dahil Sa Iyo" is a Tagalog phrase for "Because of You." It is a popular Filipino love song. Among Filipino American communities on the West Coast, the song is commonly associated with the "manong generation," the first Filipino migrant farm workers who arrived in the US during the 1920s and 1930s.

👂 Listen to "Dahil Sa Iyo" Links to an external site.

Sheet music for Dahil Sa Iyo, described above

Mike Velarde, Jr. “Dahil Sa Iyo Sheet Music Links to an external site.." 1938. Sheet Music. Lopez Family Collection, Watsonville is in the Heart: A Community Archive and Research Initiative.


Source 14.C: "I'm in the Mood for Love" and "In the Moon Mist"

Sheet music for the songs "I'm In The Mood For Love" by Jimmy McHugh (1935) and "In The Moon Mist" by the Pied Pipers (1946). It is from Archie Lopez's collection of songs he played often at Filipino community organization events with his band, "Archie and the Islanders."

👂 Listen to "I'm In The Mood For Love" Links to an external site. and "In The Moon Mist" Links to an external site.

Sheet music for I'm in the Mood for Love and In the Moon Mist, described above

Jimmy McHugh ("I'm In The Mood For Love") and The Pied Pipers ("In The Moon Mist"). "I'm In The Mood For Love" and "In The Moon Mist." Links to an external site. 1935 and 1946. Sheet Music. Lopez Family Collection, Watsonville is in the Heart: A Community Archive and Research Initiative.