Lucio D. San Pedro (February 11, 1913 – March 31, 2002) was a Filipino composer and teacher who was proclaimed National Artist of the Philippines for Music in 1991.[1San Pedro came from a family with musical roots and he began his career early. When he was still in his late teens, he succeeded his deceased grandfather as the local church organist. By then, he had already composed songs, hymns and two complete masses for voices and orchestra. After studying with several prominent musicians in the Philippines, he took advanced composition training with Bernard Wagenaar of the Netherlands. He also studied harmony and orchestration under Vittorio Giannini and took classes at Juilliard in 1947.

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