Focus on Domingo Cruz (Cocolía) (statue) and explain the Background.
Domingo Cruz (3 July 1864 – 20 October 1934), a.k.a., "Cocolía", was a late 19th-century Puerto Rican musician, and director of the Ponce Firefighters' Band (now the Ponce Municipal Band). He played the saxhorn with "La Lira Ponceña" orchestra (by 1919 also known as the Ponce Symphony Orchestra) under the baton of Ponce's renowned composer Juan Morel Campos. Famous for his danceable tunes, Cocolía was also a music teacher and director of the Firefighters' Band, the Banda Municipal de Ponce. Upon the death of Juan Morel Campos, he became its director. He directed it from 1896 until 1916.
Puerto Rican Ponce Municipal Band Domingo Cruz Banda Municipal de Ponce Ponce director saxhorn Juan Morel Campos