a history of
dominican music
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Images: Birthday party for Puerto Rican promoter Federico Pagani at El Caborrojeño featuring from left to right: Ismael Quintana, Roberto Roena, Tito Puente, Yoyito Cabrera, Federico Pagani, Gaspar Pumarejo, Alberto Beltran, and Primitivo Santos, 1970s.

Photo credit: CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Archives; Bienvenido Lara Flores Collection

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