Encina, Juan del

Encina, Juan del

▪ Spanish author and composer
born , July 12, 1468?, Encinas?, near Salamanca, Castile
died , near the end of August 1529/30, León?, Spain

      playwright, poet, priest, and composer of secular vocal music, who was the first Spanish dramatist to write specifically for performance.

      After youthful training as a chorister at Salamanca cathedral (c. 1484) and at the University of Salamanca (before 1490), Encina entered the service of the Duke of Alba as a resident poet-dramatist-composer in 1492. He wrote for the court a number of églogas (short pastoral plays) incorporating music. Eight of his plays and most of his poetry were collected and published in Cancionero in 1496. Thereafter Encina lived much in Italy; he visited Rome at least three times, gaining various ecclesiastical posts and seeking the patronage of Pope Alexander VI, a Spaniard, in securing a position in Spain. In 1519 he journeyed to Jerusalem, later publishing an account of his pilgrimage. He was a prior at León from 1523 until his death.

      The first half dozen of Encina's églogas are little more than dialogues in a humorously colloquial peasant speech between mock-realistic shepherds more interested in recreation than work. His later églogas introduce other types of characters and, although still rudimentary in plot, are more complex, refined, and sententious. These later plays, a notable example of which is Égloga de Plácida y Vitoriano, show the influence of the égloga's Italian antecedents in their celebration of pagan love and their incorporation of themes from classical mythology.

      Encina was also a poet and composer of wide range; he wrote both popular ballads and villancicos (rustic songs) as well as skillfully phrased and polished courtly poems. Indeed, he is now considered one of the most important songwriters in Spain in his time. His songs were based upon folklike tunes and rhythms, and some of the most appealing of them have an earthy or ribald quality, while others achieve a rare intensity of expression.

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