Kundiman
Kundiman is a traditional Filipino love song in Tagalog, slow and flowing, with a tender, longing melody.
It is written in triple time and typically starts in a minor key before moving to a major key. The form goes back to the 1800s, and in the early 1900s composers such as Francisco Santiago and Nicanor Abelardo turned it into an art song for trained voice and piano. Some kundiman carry a hidden patriotic meaning, with love for a woman standing in for love of country. It is often sung in a harana.
Artists it is known for: Nicanor Abelardo, Francisco Santiago, Ruben Tagalog.
- Family
- Pop
- On Spotify
- A current genre
- What it is
- A genre
- From
- Philippines, 1800s
- Trackify listeners who play it
- 2%
About 1,900 of 83,000 Trackify listeners with public profiles have kundiman among their top artists of the last four weeks. Rounded; updated 13 November 2026.
Kundiman artists
Cup of Joe
IV OF SPADES
Ben&Ben
Arthur Nery
Up Dharma Down
December Avenue
Adie
Earl Agustin
Silent Sanctuary
Rob Deniel
The kundiman artists most Trackify listeners have in their top fifty. Each opens on Spotify.
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The definition is written for this site from open sources, and was checked against them on 13 November 2026.