biography
pronunciation:
[espinel]
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| lived:
| (1550–1624)
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| biography:
| Spanish writer and musician. He studied humanities at the University of Salamanca, then entered the service of the Conde de Lemos (1574–7). After establishing himself in Sevilla, he set out for Italy. He returned to be ordained priest and to reside in Madrid from 1598, where he was chaplin and master of music to the Archbishop of the diocese. His poetic talent is evident in Rimas (1591) and with the invention of the 10-line stanza called ‘espinela’. His best-known work is Vida del escudero Marcos de Obregón (1618), a semi-autobiographical picaresque novel. He also translated Horace's Epistola ad Pisones. As a musician he enjoyed a great reputation and was responsible for introducing a fifth string to the guitar. |
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