Krakowski klasztor kanoników regularnych laterańskich jako mecenas kultury muzycznej (1668-1676)
The Monastery of the Canons Regular of the Lateran in Kraków as a Patron of Musical Culture (1668-1676)

Summary/Abstract: In the archives of the Corpus Christi Church in Kraków there is a ledger (Expensa pecuniae) which was maintained by its sacristans during the years 1616-1676. This article, which complements previous works, concerns the entries for the year 1668 because it was in that year that the sacristans recorded the first use of the positive organ in liturgical ceremonies. The author has analysed these notes concerning music-related expenses. The monks paid singers and instrumentalists to enhance the music of the liturgy, but the notes about the instrumental music themselves are deserving of special attention. The use of the positive organ during the procession to the local parish fair, in the opinion of the author, confirms the fact that modern music was being performed in the concertante style, confirming the reception of Western compositional achievements in Poland. The entire document is proof of the high-level of musical culture which was cultivated in this Kraków monastery.

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