Pilar Manalo Danao, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Pilar Manalo Danao

Date of Birth: 10-Mar-1914

Date of Death: 30-Nov-1988

Profession: songwriter

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Pilár Manalo Danáo (March 10, 1914 - November 26, 1987) also known as Ka Pilár, Manang and PMD, was the eldest daughter of Felix Y.
Manalo and the first Head Choir Director of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) from 1942 until her death in 1987.
She was instrumental in the creation of hymns for INC; she is the sole lyricist of the church’s Tagalog hymnal, Ang Himnario ng Iglesia ni Cristo.
The hymnal originally contained 220 songs, and its first publication in 1937 bears her name and initials imprinted on hymnals (in Tagalog and English) and musical scores (Tagalog) for the choir.Upon her death, Fausto Perez succeeded her as the Head Choir Director while Liberty Manalo-Albert took charge as the Coordinator of the choir to Executive Minister Eraño G.
Manalo.
Ramon C.
Reyes and Gemma Manalo-de Guzman, daughter of current Executive Minister Eduardo V.
Manalo, are the most recent to posts vacated by Perez (after his death) and Albert.