Música y devoción en Granada (siglos XVI-XVIII): Funcionamiento «extravagante» y tipología de plazas no asalariadas en las capillas musicales eclesiásticas de la ciudad

Abstract

Granada was unusual in that it possessed three stable musical chapels that served the three most important religious institutions of the city: the Cathedral, the Capilla Real and the Collegiate Church of El Salvador. Significant earnings accrued from their participation in the principal local religious feasts, as well as from their appearances at various localities within the dioceses, and beyond it, was to favour the survival of these three musical chapels. These outside performances constitute the most important connecting point between the music developed inside the temples and its projection to diverse religious and secular settings within the urban environment. The structure of the city's three musical chapels included, besides the customary structure common to the rest of Spain, three job categories classified according to earnings. The main characteristic being that none of these positions included a fixed salary from their institutions. Their study enlightens our knowledge of musical training as well as of the qualitative and quantitative changes and development in the Granadine musical chapels, especially from late 17th century until well into the 19th century.