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4.14.2006

Jovita Fuentes



Jovita Fuentes


  • 1st Filipina National Artist in Music (1976)
  • Founder of the Artist’s Guild of the Philippines
  • "First Lady of Philippine Music"
  • Philippine National Artist in Music (1976)

DATE OF BIRTH
1895


USEFUL LINKS

NCCA Culture Profile: Jovita Fuentes
Cultural Heritage – National Artist
The Filipina As National Artist
First in the Philippines
Retrato Photo Archive of the Filipinas Heritage Library

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