Col. Antonino Buenaventura

Cards (4)

  • Col. Antonino Buenaventura promoted Philippine music by extensively using folk materials in his works
  • He recorded folk and dance music around the country with Ramon Tolentino and National Artist for Dance Francisca Reyes Aquino
  • He restored the Philippine Constabulary Band in 1945, considered "one of the best military bands in the world"
  • Col. Antonino Buenaventura is a National Artist for Music