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| | "Cultural Life," from Puerto Rico: A Guide to the Island of Boriquén |
 | | In 1870 Ramón Baldorioty de Castro was elected Puerto Rican Deputy to the Spanish Cortes. |
 | | Francisco Cortés, pianist and composer, is best known for his dramatic and descriptive compositions, among which are Nuit de Nöel, played for the first time in Paris, where he studied, and Une Fête á Cuba, an orchestral arrangement. |
 | | Francisco Oller (1833-1917), born almost a hundred years after Campeche, showed exceptional talent from the age of twelve, and training by Spanish and French masters greatly developed it. |
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