Gabriel Carnevale [Carlevale] {Gregory XIII}
Soprano; Cuencha; admitted 26 July 1574 by a vote of 11 in favor out of 17; DS lists of July 1577 and June 1578 ; mandati : January 1580 -June 1581 .
Carnevale did not join the chapel with the wholehearted approval of the other singers. In fact, he technically should have been rejected as not having received the required 2/3 plus 1 favorable votes (which out of 17 voting should have been 12 votes, not the 11 he actually got). The problem was his knowledge of contrapunctus : the singers agreed to admit him on probation on the condition that he pass the contrapunctus test within six months. This he must have done, since he remained a member of the choir until 1581 .
DOCUMENTS
DS 10
67v-68: entry dated 26 July 1574
Eodem die post missam fuit congregatio in ecclesia Sancti Martii presente D. Magistro capelle et R.mi dd cantoribus ex causa eligendi cantorem supranum et dicto R.do d. magistro proposuit dictis cantoribus D. Gabrielem Carleval clericum Conchen dioc. et cantores qui aderant erant numero xvii, et scrutinium factum ut moris est in admissione dictus Gabriel habuit xi votta et non obstantibus quibuscunque fuit admissus an hac tamen conditione quod dictus Gabriel se intra sex menses prosime fucturos non bene cantaverit contrapunctum iusta formam constitutionum dicte cappelle dicta electio inteligatur nulla et irrita hac si non esset facta, et dictus Gabriel non habeat in numero cantorum et postea solvit de introytum suum ut moris est d. 13.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: CELANI, p. 758