La musica nel Regolamento scolastico della Collegiata di San Candido del 1614

Abstract

This contribution examines the school regulations of the Collegiate Church of San Candido / Chorherrenstift Innichen, the oldest monastic foundation in South Tyrol, which experienced great cultural and musical ferment in the period immediately following the Council of Trent. In the first two decades of the 17th century, the Collegiate Church of San Candido was completely reformed according to the dictates and spirit of the Council. Many new books were compiled for liturgical singing, currently preserved in the Museum of the Collegiate Church. The school of the Church, which was active for many centuries, also received renewed attention and a new statute, drawn up in 1614. The seven chapters that make up the statute contain rules that describe the musical activities related to teaching and those of the Latin students as well as of the so-called Germanic students, namely boys and girls who, unlike the former, attended classes but did not provide regular service in the liturgy. In its broad outline, the document is known to us through the writings of local historians, but has never been examined from a musicological point of view, despite the richness of its musical and pedagogical contents. The article provides a first overview of these, highlighting aspects of the regulations that appear modern, and partly even relevant for today.