1. The prevalence of alta instruments in the ensemble of the Rector's Chapel indicates that no other option for the smaller Rector's band would be viable during the 15th, 16th, and mid-17th centuries. For the tables of musicians, see appendix in Cugelj, 2019, pp.37-43. In the 18thcentury, a group of wind players, oboists and bassoonists, have fulfilled the role (Lonza, 2009, p. 50). Interestingly, Philippe du Fresne-Canaye mentions that the rector is accompanied by a group of bagpipes (cornemuses) (duFresne-Canaye, 1897, p. 15).
2. perors in the 12th century in which Ragusans obliged themselves to sing laudes three times a year for the king in the cathedral, and finally even written down in the statute. Concurrently with changing patrons and governing rule, the names in the laudes changed, while the basic responsorial form and tradition stayed practically unchanged until the fall of the Republicin1808. For more on the singing of laude in the feast of Saint Blaise in 1588, seeCugelj, 2020, pp.246-247.