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Granados, Enrique

(Encyclopedia)Granados, Enrique ānrēˈkā gränäˈᵺōs [key], 1867–1916, Spanish composer and pianist, b. Havana; studied at Barcelona with Felipe Pedrell. His most significant works are those for the piano ...

Iturbi, José

(Encyclopedia)Iturbi, José hōsāˈ ēto͞orˈbē [key], 1895–1980, Spanish-American pianist, b. Valencia, Spain. Iturbi studied at the Valencia and Paris conservatories on scholarship. His worldwide concert tou...

Tamayo y Baus, Manuel

(Encyclopedia)Tamayo y Baus, Manuel mänwĕlˈ tämäˈyō ē bous [key], 1829–98, Spanish dramatist. Born into a family of actors, Tamayo became one of the most popular and versatile Spanish playwrights of the 1...

Bredero, Gerbrand Adriaenszoon

(Encyclopedia)Bredero, Gerbrand Adriaenszoon hĕrˈbränt ädrēänˈzōn brāˈdĕrō [key], 1585–1618, Dutch dramatist and poet. He is considered the major Dutch poet of his generation, particularly for his spo...

Bucareli y Ursúa, Antonio María

(Encyclopedia)Bucareli y Ursúa, Antonio María äntōˈnyō märēˈä bo͞okärāˈlē ē o͞orso͞oˈä [key], 1717–79, Spanish colonial administrator. He served in the Spanish army and as governor of Cuba bef...

Peter Claver, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Peter Claver, Saint klāˈvər [key], 1581–1654, Spanish Jesuit missionary, called the Apostle of the Blacks. He was sent to what is now Colombia in 1610 and began at once his life work of ministeri...

Castillejo, Cristóbal de

(Encyclopedia)Castillejo, Cristóbal de krēstōˈbäl dā kästēlyāˈhō [key], c.1490–1550, Spanish poet of the Renaissance. As secretary to the king of Bohemia, Castillejo visited Vienna and other European c...

Zuloaga, Ignacio

(Encyclopedia)Zuloaga, Ignacio ēgnäˈthyō tho͞olōäˈgä [key], 1870–1945, Spanish painter. He was the son of a celebrated Basque goldsmith. Zuloaga lived chiefly in Paris after 1889, but his subjects were u...

Veracruz, city, Mexico

(Encyclopedia)Veracruz, city (1990 pop. 303,152), Veracruz state, E central Mexico, on the Gulf of Mexico. Rivaling Tampico as the country's main port, it is also the commercial and industrial center of an importan...

encomienda

(Encyclopedia)encomienda ānkōmyānˈdä [key] [Span. encomendar=to entrust], system of tributory labor established in Spanish America. Developed as a means of securing an adequate and cheap labor supply, the enco...