The Cathedral of Valencia’s medieval ordinance non cantetur cantus de orgue vel de contrapunt: a revision of a historiographical myth Authors Francesc Villanueva Serrano Investigador independent Keywords: Cathedral of Valencia, Middle Ages, polyphony, counterpoint, medieval singing schools, Antoni Sanç, Simó d’Amor, Martin I the Human, Alfonso V the Magnanimous. Abstract This paper presents a brief historiographical summary and a subsequent analysis of the sources of a medieval ordinance extant in the Cathedral of Valencia. This ordinance is an interesting document about polyphonic practice at this church, which has been cited several times over the past century. Our aim is to clear up misunderstandings and to refute contentious interpretations made by the first scholars to study the document and reproduced in subsequent studies by more recent authors. Likewise, this paper takes a preliminary approach to different aspects of polyphonic practice at the Cathedral of Valencia, involving both the Cathedral’s internal organisation – regulations, trades, musicians and music books – and the context of this practice. This brief overview covers the period 1392-1437, concluding with the death of Antoni Sanç, an outstanding musician who was at the same time rector of the Cathedral Singing School and chapel master of King Alfonso V the Magnanimous.Keywords: Cathedral of Valencia, Middle Ages, polyphony, counterpoint, medieval singing schools, Antoni Sanç, Simó d’Amor, Martin I the Human, Alfonso V the Magnanimous. Downloads Download data is not yet available. Downloads PDF (Català) Issue Vol. 14 (2021) Section Articles License The intellectual property of the articles belongs to the respective authors. At the time of submitting the articles to Revista Catalana de Musicologia, authors accept the following terms: — Authors assign to the Societat Catalana de Musicologia (a subsidiary of the Institut d’Estudis Catalans) the rights of reproduction, public communication (including communication through social networks) and distribution of the articles submitted for publication to Revista Catalana de Musicologia, in any form and medium, including digital platforms. The Publications Committee reserves the right to accept or refuse submitted articles and the right to make any editorial changes it deems appropriate. If the suggested changes are accepted by authors, they should re-submit the article with such changes. — Authors answer to the Societat Catalana de Musicologia for the authorship and originality of submitted articles. In other words, authors assure that submitted articles do not contain fragments of works by other authors or fragments of their own previously published works; that the content of articles is original, and that the copyright of third parties is not infringed upon. Authors accept this responsibility and undertake to hold harmless the Societat Catalana de Musicologia for any loss or damage resulting from non-compliance with this obligation. Furthermore, they should include a statement in articles submitted to the journal regarding their responsibility for the content of the articles. — Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for the reproduction of all graphic material included in articles, and they should moreover ensure that images, videos, etc., have been created with the consent of the individuals appearing in them, and that material belonging to third parties is clearly identified and acknowledged as such within the text. Likewise, authors should provide the respective consents and authorisations to the Societat Catalana de Musicologia when submitting articles. — The Societat Catalana de Musicologia is exempt from any liability arising from the possible infringement of intellectual property rights by authors. In all cases, it undertakes to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies, if necessary. — Unless otherwise stated in the text or in the graphic material, the contents published in the journal are subject to an Attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivs 3.0 Spain (by-nc-nd) license from Creative Commons, the full text of which may be consulted at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/deed.en. Therefore, the general public is authorised to reproduce, distribute and communicate articles as long as their authorship and publishing entity are acknowledged, and no commercial use is made of them nor derivative work produced from them. — The journal is not responsible for the ideas and opinions expressed by the authors of published articles.
