Father Carolus Weldamon (d. 1736), Canon Regular from Fulnek Monastery - Unknown Composer and His Music

Abstract

In the collection of the University of Warsaw Library, there are three musical sources that testify to the musical culture of the monastery of Canons Regular of the Lateran in Fulnek. The paper focuses on three manuscripts (probably autographs) of sacred vocal-instrumental music by unknown composer Carolus Weldamon (d. 1736). He was a Canon Regular active in the Fulnek monastery in the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries. His compositions from the first decade of the 18th century were obtained by Conventual Franciscans in Głogów monastery in Silesia. The paper contains a biography of the composer and a brief overview of the sources and the music written inside. The Appendix contains a list of organists, cantors, rectors, and musicians associated with the monastery in Fulnek.

Keywords

• fulnek
• carolus weldamon
• sacred music
• vocal-instrumental music
• canons regular monastery