Juan del Encina

Juan del Encina (1469-ca. 1533), often called the founder of Spanish drama, was born in 1469 near Salamanca, probably at Enemas. On leaving the University of Salamanca he became a member of the household of the second Duke of Alva.

Bibliography

Teatro corn pleto de Juan del Encina (Madrid, 1893), edited by F. Asenjo Barbieri; Cancionero musical de los siglos XV y XVI (Madrid, 1894), edited by F. Asenjo Barbieri; R. Mitjana, Sobre Juan del Encina, musico y poeta (Mlaga, 1895); M. Menendez y Pelayo, Antologia de poetas liricos castellanos (Madrid, 1890-1903), Vol. VII.

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