Lucas Fernández (musician)
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Lucas Fernández ({{circa|1474}} – 1542) was a Spanish dramatist, musician, and writer. He wrote in the Leonese language.
Biography
Son of Alfonso de Cantalapiedra and María Sánchez, he was born and educated at Salamanca.
In 1498, he became cantor of Salamanca Cathedral, defeating candidate Juan del Encina. In 1520 he was the priest of {{ill|Santo Tomás Cantuariense (Salamanca)|lt=Santo Tomás Cantuariense|es|Iglesia de Santo Tomás Cantuariense (Salamanca)}}. He was professor of music in the University of Salamanca (1522) and appeared in 1533 in the commission of reform of the statutes of the same.
Works
The surviving work of Lucas Fernández consists of six plays. Although showing the influence of his rival Juan del Encina, they are notable for their dialogue, humor, and the effective interleaving of song and music with the action of play. The best of the works is an Easter play Auto de la Pasión, while his Dialogo para cantar is an early example of the zarzuela.
Lucas Fernández wrote with a great influence of Leonese language,López Morales, 1969; Weissberger, 2003) like {{lang|loa|na}} (feminine for "in the"), {{lang|loa|nel}} (masculine for "in the"), {{lang|loa|dexay}} (let), {{lang|loa|diz}} (says), {{lang|loa|quier}} (wants), {{lang|loa|sal}} (goes out), and many others.
Editions
- Françoise Maurizi, ed. Lucas Fernández: Farsas y Églogas. Boydell & Brewer, 2015.
References
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Further reading
- {{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Fernandez, Lucas | volume= 10 | page = 279 |short= 1}}
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Category:People from Salamanca
Category:Leonese-language writers
Category:Spanish dramatists and playwrights