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Spanish composer, playwright, courtier, dramatic poet, and priest Juan del Encina (1468-1529) is considered the father of Spanish secular drama. Much of his music was in the villancico form, and was intended to be used in his own plays.

Resources in This Category

• Juan de la Encina

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05411a.htm
  Biographical article commenting on his musical and writing abilities and his priestly positions from the Catholic Encyclopedia.

• Juan del Encina

  http://www.hoasm.org/IVL/Encina.html
  Biography showing his path through church and state careers including music and the priesthood from the Here of a Sunday Morning radio program. Includes partial discography and period material.

• Juan Del Encina

  http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8815377&pt=Juan+Del+Encina
  Find A Grave listing with birth and death dates, burial place, and interactive memorial.

• Juan del Encina

  http://www.classiccat.net/encina_j_del/
  Directory of free MP3 audio files and links from Classic Cat.

• Juan del Encina

  http://musicalics.com/fr/compositeur/Juan-del-Encina
  Summary of musical output and brief biographical sketch from Musicalics.

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