Antonio buenaventura biography summary

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        1. Antonino R. Buenaventura vigorously pursued a musical career that spanned seven decades of unwavering commitment to advancing the frontiers of Philippine music.
        2. National artist of the philippines
        3. Antonino Buenaventura was born on May 4, , and named National Artist for Music in One of his most famous compositions was “Pandanggo sa Ilaw.”.
        4. Antonino Buenaventura was a Filipino composer born in who is considered one of the most important nationalistic artists in the Philippines in the 20th.

          5. National artist of the philippines.

          Antonino Buenaventura

          Filipino composer and musician (1904–1996)

          In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Ramirez and the surname or paternal family name is Buenaventura.

          Antonino Ramirez Buenaventura (May 4, 1904 – January 25, 1996)[1] was a Filipinocomposer, conductor, and teacher.

          Biography

          Antonino Buenaventura was born on May 4, 1904, in Baliuag, Bulacan. He was born in a family of musicians; his father Lucino Buenaventura was a musician at the Spanish Artillery Band in Intramuros.

          He studied under Nicanor Abelardo at the University of the Philippines Diliman Conservatory of Music and graduated in 1932 with a Teacher's Diploma in Music, major in Science and Composition and became an assistant instructor at the Conservatory.

          He also studied composition for a post-graduate degree under Jenő Takács.[2][3]

          After the war he became conductor of the devastated Philippine Constabulary Band for 16 years