Col. Antonino Buenaventura

• 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