El Auto de los Reyes Magos en Támara (Palencia)

Abstract

The Mystery play of the «Three Kings» that was performed in the village of Támara (Palencia) corresponds to a type of text that we could properly cali «leonés» because it is there in some of the villages of the oíd diocese of León where we can still find this tradition, although in this case it is a little farther from the supposed issuing focus. Due to its textual characteristics it is believed that it might have been written by a learned writer at the end of the 17th century or beginning of the 18th, though it was thoroughly assimilated and performed by the people. In the singing parts melodies, that are briefly commented, there is a style that goes from the archaic and modal to the most tonal, recent and popularizing.