Lucas Fernández (musician)

Lucas Fernández (c. 1474 – 1542) was a Spanish dramatist and musician, writer in Leonese language.

Son of Alfonso de Cantalapiedra and María Sánchez, he was born and educated at Salamanca.

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,[1] like na (feminine for "in the"), nel (masculine for "in the"), dexay (let), diz (says), quier (wants), sal (goes out), and many others.