The ''Cancionero de Baena'' ("Songbook of Baena") was compiled between around 1426 to 1430 by the

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Juan Alfonso de Baena Juan Alfonso de Baena (?–c. 1435) was a medieval Castilian poet and scribe in the court of Juan II of Castile. Baena, who was a converso (a Jewish convert to Christianity), is best known for compiling and contributing to the ''Cancionero de Bae ...

for the king

John II of Castile John II of Castile ( es, link=no, Juan; 6 March 1405 – 20 July 1454) was King of Castile and León from 1406 to 1454. He succeeded his older sister, Maria of Castile, Queen of Aragon, as Prince of Asturias in 1405. Regency John was the ...

and the

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Álvaro de Luna Álvaro de Luna y Fernández de Jarava (between 1388 and 13902 June 1453), was a Castilian statesman, favourite of John II of Castile. He served as Constable of Castile and as Grand Master of the Order of Santiago. He earned great influence in t ...

. Its full title is ''Cancionero del Judino Juan Alfonso de Baena''. It includes works by 56 poets, each briefly introduced, who were writing from 1370 onwards. Its prologue praises the value of the word and the art of poetry. The ''Cancionero'' includes poetry by such poets as

Pero Ferrús Pero Ferrús (also written as Pedro Ferrús, Pero Ferruz, Pero Ferrus) ( fl. 1380) was a Castilian poet. He lived in Alcalá de Henares. Ferrús was a Marrano, having converted to Christianity from Judaism. The reasons for conversion by Marra ...

Juan Rodríguez de la Cámara Juan Rodríguez de la Cámara (1390–1450), also known as Juan Rodríguez del Padrón, was a Galician writer and poet, considered the last poet of the Galician school.James Fitzmaurice-Kelly, ''A History of Spanish Literature'' (D. Appleton and Co ...

, and

Francisco Imperial Francisco Imperial (died between 1403 and 1409) was a Genoese poet who lived in Seville and wrote lyric and allegorical poetry in Spanish around the turn of the 15th century. All of his preserved poetry can be found in the Cancionero de Baena ...

. It includes a poem by Archbishop Pedro Tenorio. The work was first published at

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in 1851.

Sources

SpanishArts.comJewishEncyclopedia.com

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