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Suite: Tancrède - Prologue

Source: 
Main source is ms. n. 25, Toulouse-Philidor collection (ca. 1703). The first printed edition by Christophe Ballard, Paris is dated 1702. Caption title: “TANCREDE, / TRAGEDIE, / MISE EN MUSIQUE / Par Monsieur CAMPRA. / REPRE'SENTE'E POUR LA PREMIERE FOIS /... Le septiéme jour de Novembre 1702. / A PARIS / Chez Christophe Ballard / ... M. DCCII.” In this edition the Passacaille is named “Danse de la Suite de la Paix”. From the next Ballard edition (1737) the reference to flutes in Passacaille trios has been adopted. All sources are online available at Gallica, BNF, Paris.
Sample: 
Sample — 737x
Score: 
Score — 328x
Separate parts: 
I Dessus — 174x
II Dessus — 172x
Haute-contre — 285x
Taille — 163x
Basse — 162x
Midi: 
Ouverture — 178x
Passacaille — 179x
Gigue — 174x
Air des plaisirs — 175x
Passepied [I] — 172x
2.e Passepied — 173x
Date: 
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Release notes: 
Version 1.1

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<p>Publicatikon of version 1.1 of the suite with a new editorial format and correction of some defects.</p>