La capilla de música de la Catedral de Segorbe en el siglo XVIII

Abstract

Near the cathedrals of Valencia and Orihuela and the Valencia Seminario del Corpus Christi, the Segorbe Cathedral constitutes one of the principal musical centers of the Comundad Valenciana. In this article is studied as introduction the origin of the diocese, his difficulties to be seated and finally, his administrative structure and the principal ecclesiastic charges.After this introduction, is analyzed the musical activity of the chapel masters that exercised this function in the cathedral of Segorbe during the 18th century (Mateo Peñalba, Onofre Molina, José Conejos Ortells, José Gil Pérez, Francisco Vives, Vicente Olmos, José Gavaldá, Joaquín López, José Morata and José Gil). It stands up the importance of Valencia as training center for the Segorbe musicians, and in some cases as final objective of their professional career. Our article is based in different documentation preserved in the Cathedral; however some documentation was lost during the Spanish Civil War.