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Marais, Marin (1656 - 1728)

Sample page — 566x ⇩ Score — 809x ⇩
Dessus I / Hautbois I / Violons — 180x ⇩, Dessus II / Hautbois II — 156x ⇩, Flûtes I & II — 162x ⇩, Haute-contre — 149x ⇩, Taille — 153x ⇩, Quinte — 153x ⇩, Basse continue / Bassons — 173x ⇩

Sources of the instrumental suite from “Alcione” are: a) a manuscript of the score, Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Bibliothèque-musée de l'opéra, A-69 (in this source some pages of the Chaconne are missing) ; b) manuscript of separate parts, Uppsala, (Uppsala, (S-Uu)) Vok. mus. i hs. 28°, RISM ID no.: 190025010.

Version 1.0
Sample — 595x ⇩ Score — 267x ⇩
I Dessus — 178x ⇩, II Dessus — 157x ⇩, Haute-contre — 167x ⇩, Taille — 175x ⇩, Basse — 163x ⇩
Ouverture — 391x ⇩, Premier Air pour la Suitte de la Nimphe — 310x ⇩, Bourée pour le mesmes — 387x ⇩, Gigue — 222x ⇩, Rondeau pour les Plaisirs — 407x ⇩, Air pour la descente de la Gloire — 357x ⇩, Ouverture pour Servir d'Entr'act — 443x ⇩, Chaconne — 318x ⇩

Source of “Arianne et Baccus” is the ms. of the score, Philidor collection, digital library Gallica, BNF, Paris. Caption title: “Arianne et Baccus / Prologue”. The present edition includes all the instrumental pieces from Prologue and the Chaconne from Act III.

This edition, version 2.0, collects two previous publications, correcting some transcription errors and presenting a new editorial format.