International Centre for the Study of Music in the Low Countries

The Musical Heritage of St Bavo’s Cathedral

The Musical Heritage of St Bavo’s Cathedral

Researcher in charge: Bruno Bouckaert
Researchers: Bruno Bouckaert, Marie Cornaz
Duration: 01.01.2004 – 01.10.2005

St Bavo’s cathedral in Ghent is the repository of an exceptionally rich 17th- and 18th-century music collection, which was completely ordered and catalogued by the Alamire Foundation (within the Répertoire international des sources musicales).

2004 sees the preparation of the publication of the complete catalogue (with an elaborate scientific introduction), of a monography elucidating various aspects of music life, and of a volume in the Monumenta Flandriae Musica series with a selection of works from the collection.

We provide scientific advice to Festival van Vlaanderen Gent & Historische Steden concerning an artistic ‘total project’ centring on the cathedral’s musical heritage (realization: October 2005).


Publications (selection):

BOUCKAERT, B., De musici en de muziekcollectie in Sint-Baafs na 1536, in Musicerende engelen. Bijdragen over het muzikaal erfgoed van de Gentse Sint-Baafskathedraal, Middeleeuwen – eind 18de eeuw, ed. B. Bouckaert, Gent, 2005, pp. 47-55.

BOUCKAERT, B. and M. CORNAZ, Franciscus Krafft (1729–1795). Phonascus van de Sint-Baafs-kathedraal in de achttiende eeuw, in Musicerende engelen. Bijdragen over het muzikaal erfgoed van de Genste Sint-Baafskathedraal, Middeleeuwen – eind 18de eeuw, ed. B. Bouckaert, Gent, 2005, pp. 56-64.

BOUCKAERT, B. and E. VERCAMMEN (edd.), Inventaris van de muziekcollectie van de Gentse Sint-Baafskathedraal, Gent, 2005, 132 pp.

BOUCKAERT, B. and P. MANNAERTS, Klanken voor de kathedraal. Het muzikaal erfgoed van de Gentse Sint-Baafs, tentoonstellingscatalogus, Gent, 2005, 24 pp.

BOUCKAERT, B. (ed.), La cathédrale Saint-Bavon de Gand: du moyen âge au baroque, (Esthétiques et Rituels des Cathédrales d’Europe, ed. M. Pérès, 2), Ghent – Amsterdam, 2000. 248 pp. / BOUCKAERT, B. (ed.), De Sint-Baafskathedraal in Gent: van Middeleeuwen tot Barok, Ghent – Amsterdam, 2000. 248 pp.

BOUCKAERT, B. and P. TRIO, Trompers, pipers en luders in de Gentse Sint-Baafsabdij (14de - 16de eeuw): over de muzikale opluistering van enkele processies, in Musica Antiqua, 11 (1994), pp. 150-155.

Répertoire International des Sources Musicales (RISM).
Serie A/II: Musikhandschriften nach 1600
, CD-ROM, 11th edition, Munich 2003,
available online on: http://www.ebscohost.com/thisTopic.php?marketID=1&topicID=1121