Chirino

We would like him to accompany his song with the cadence of Willy Chirino, the trumpet of Arturo Sandoval, the rhythm of Albita Rodríguez or the sensual sax of Paquito D´ Rivera … but none of them will be allowed to be there.

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At the time Juan de Oliver was preaching in that district, and it is exceedingly probable that he helped the newcomers with the language, for Chirino speaks of him in terms of highest praise.

Doctrina Christiana The first book printed in the Philippines, Manila, 1593. Anonymous 1951

Chirino himself landed at Manila in 1590 shortly after Dasmariñas, and went almost immediately to Taytay where he learned Tagalog and was joined in 1592 by Martin Henriquez.

Doctrina Christiana The first book printed in the Philippines, Manila, 1593. Anonymous 1951

But Chirino, who remained in the provinces until 1595, would have mentioned his participation and that of Henriquez in the Doctrina of 1593, so we record them as possible but not probable consultants.

Doctrina Christiana The first book printed in the Philippines, Manila, 1593. Anonymous 1951

Chirino said that the first two whose works were printed were Juan de Villanueva and

Doctrina Christiana The first book printed in the Philippines, Manila, 1593. Anonymous 1951

He took the material of Medina, added the evidence of Chirino and

Doctrina Christiana The first book printed in the Philippines, Manila, 1593. Anonymous 1951

Of the two there can be no doubt but that Chirino referred to the second one.

Doctrina Christiana The first book printed in the Philippines, Manila, 1593. Anonymous 1951

How thoroughly Chirino himself had grasped the fundamentals of Tagalog is evident from his three chapters [94] on the language and letters of the natives in which he prints the Ave Maria in Tagalog and reproduces the Tagalog alphabet -- its first appearance in a European publication.

Doctrina Christiana The first book printed in the Philippines, Manila, 1593. Anonymous 1951