José de Cañizares

José de Cañizares y Suárez de Toledo (born July 4, 1676 in Madrid ; † September 4, 1750 there ) was a Spanish playwright and librettist .

Life

Cañizares initially embarked on a military career and in 1711 held the rank of Capitán Teniente de Caballos Corazas . He was also active as a writer from an early age. His first work in print was Al lamentable suceso de la muerte de la Reyna Madre (1686). He entered the service of the Duke of Osuna and was the censor of the Madrid theaters from 1702 to 1747. As compositor de Letras Sagradas of the Capilla Real de Madrid , he was in the service of the royal court from 1736.

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Dramas

In addition to a number of courtly poems , including Pompa funeral y reales exequias en la muerte de los Príncipes delfines de Francia (1711), España llorosa sobre la funesta pira el augusto mausoleo y regio túmulo… (1711) and Serenata a los reales desposorios de don Carlos de Borbón y doña María Amalia de Sajonia (1738) Cañizares wrote more than a hundred dramas in the baroque style, making him one of the most productive and successful dramatists of his time in Spain. In addition to effective historical dramas such as Carlos V sobre Túnez , Las cuentas del Gran Capitán , El pleito de Hernán Cortés con Pánfilo de Narváez , La heroica Antona García , El rey don Enrique III llamado el Enfermo , A un tiempo rey y vasallo and La banda de Castilla y duelo contra sí mismo were pieces about saints ( A un tiempo monja y casada , Santa Francisca Romana , Lo que vale ser devoto de San Antonio de Padua , La más amada de Cristo Santa Gertrudis la Magna , Santa Catalina, virgen, mártir y doctora ) and mythological figures ( Amor aumenta el valor , Amor es todo invención , Júpiter y Anfitrión ). He had particular success with the adventurous historical dramas El pastelero de Madrigal , El falso nuncio de Portugal and El picarillo en España, señor de la Gran Canaria .

Comedies

Comedies in which he combined didactic and burlesque elements such as Abogar por su ofensor y Barón del Pinel , El honor da entendimiento y el más bobo sabe más , De comedia no se trate, allá va ese disparate , Si took up a large part of Cañizare's work una vez llega a querer, la más firme es la mujer , Dios los cría y ellos se juntan , La boba discreta and El dómine Lucas . He demonstrated something special in the field of comedia de magia with pieces such as Don Juan de Espina en Milán and Don Juan de Espina en Madrid , El asombro de Francia, Marta la Romarantina , El anillo de Giges y mágico rey de Lidia and El asombro de Jerez, Juana la Rabicortona .

Libretti

In addition, Cañizares made a name for himself as a librettist with works he called melodrama or drama armónico , such as A cual mejor confesada y confesor , San Juan de la Cruz y Santa Teresa de Jesús , Accis y Galatea , Amando bien no se ofenderá un desdén , Eurotas y Diana , Las amazonas de España . Angélica y Medoro , Con amor no hay libertad , Cuerdo delirio de amor , De los encantos de amor la música es el mayor and Cautelas contra cautelas o El rapto de Ganimedes .

literature

Nadine Didier-Mantovani: Ancient mythology in the work of José de Cañizares (1676–1750) (= studies and documents on the history of Romance literatures. 55). Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main et al. 2006, ISBN 3-631-54925-3 (At the same time: Marburg, University, dissertation, 2004).
María del Rosario Leal Bonmati: José de Cañizares (1676–1750): Un Panorama crítico, una reinvindicación literaria. In: Revista de Literatura. Vol. 69, No. 138, 2007, ISSN 0034-849X , pp. 487-518, ( online ).

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personal data
SURNAME	Cañizares, José de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Cañizares y Suárez de Toledo, José de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Spanish playwright and librettist
DATE OF BIRTH	4th July 1676
PLACE OF BIRTH	Madrid
DATE OF DEATH	September 4, 1750
Place of death	Madrid