Presencia del cancionero popular infantil en la literatura Española de la Edad de Oro

Abstract

Margit Frenk pointed out the textual coincidences between popular and 'traditional' songs included in literary works from the 15th to the 17th Centuries and certain folk songs that have survived and are still used now or until quite recently. This encouraged the author of this paper to trace the utilization of traditional children's songs and verses in literary works by Spanish authors of the 16th and 17th Centuries. These compositions occasionally date from the Middle Ages and, with the invention of printing, were recorded in writing and incorporated into educated literary works. Many of these compositions can still be found in children's games and practices today. They have survived the passage of time though popular memory. This study looks at those popular children's songs which have been included, either entirely or in part, in the literary works of renowned authors of the 16th and 17th Centuries.