Les contrats d’apprentissage et leurs alternatives dans la formation des organistes et des facteurs d’orgues italiens (1400-1550)

Abstract

The professionalization of organists and organ builders can be seen in the abundance of contracts for the employment of organists and the commissioning of instruments for the most important urban churches. Paradoxically, the known apprenticeship contracts for these professions are very rare. This article therefore exposes several non-contractual or extra-professional transmission channels to trace the training of organ-related craftsmen and musicians in Renaissance Italy (1400-1550): family background, clerical curriculum, or passage from another profession

Keywords

• Renaissance
• apprenticeship
• organ
• training
• contract