El repertorio polifónico de la colegiata de Orihuela según un inventario de mitad del siglo XVI

Abstract

Information about the musical chapel in the collegiate church of Orihuela is scarce. Nonetheless the existence of an inventory of polyphonic music dated before 1562 sheds some light on the repertory of the musical chapel in the mid-sixteenth century. The content of the inventory raises, in addition, some general questions regarding the repertory of Spanish ecclesiastical institutions in the mid-sixteenth century. On the one hand, the large number of printed items poses questions on the role of printing in Spain; on the other hand, the high proportion of non-Spanish works gives proof of the penetration of the international repertory in Spanish ecclesiastical institutions.The appendix gives new data of some chapelmasters of Orihuela collegiate church and cathedral in the sixteenth century.