Braulio Dueño Colón

Braulio Dueño Colón (March 26, 1854 – April 4, 1934) was a Puerto Rican musician and composer.

When an opera or zarzuela company visited Puerto Rico, they would hire a local orchestra to play their musical scores.

Among the pieces honored were:[2] However, it was the series of Canciones Escolares (School Songs, 1912), which were co-written with Virgilio Dávila and Manuel Fernández Juncos, that would give him lasting recognition as one of Puerto Rico's greatest composers.

[1][2] Braulio Dueño Colón lived most of his life in the city of Bayamón, where he died on April 4, 1934.

The city of Bayamón honored the memory of Braulio Dueño Colón by naming a school, a suburb and the municipal cemetery after him.