Joaquin Luna

Joaquin Damaso Luna de San Pedro y Novicio Ancheta (December 11, 1864 – November 7, 1936) was a Filipino revolutionary and politician.

During the American occupation, he forwarded a collaborative stance and became associated with the group Asociacion de Paz as its treasurer that sought to establish cooperation with the colonizers by disengaging from anti-American revolt.

[7] In the same year, he became Senator for the 12th senatorial district for the 4th Philippine Legislature that included Baguio, Mountain Province, Nueva Vizcaya, and the then Department of Mindanao and Sulu.

2623 that he authored and introduced in the Congress, he created the Conservatory of Music in the University of the Philippines on February 4, 1916.

[9] Luna died on November 7, 1936 in Mountain Province, Commonwealth of the Philippines at the age of 71.

Joaquin Luna (center front row) and the staff of La Independencia in 1898