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Marais, Marin (1656 - 1728)

Sample page — 487x Score — 530x
Dessus I / Hautbois I / Violons — 151x , Dessus II / Hautbois II — 129x , Flûtes I & II — 134x , Haute-contre — 121x , Taille — 127x , Quinte — 122x , Basse continue / Bassons — 135x

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 — 559x Score — 217x
I Dessus — 139x , II Dessus — 130x , Haute-contre — 141x , Taille — 136x , Basse — 132x
Ouverture — 314x , Premier Air pour la Suitte de la Nimphe — 254x , Bourée pour le mesmes — 308x , Gigue — 150x , Rondeau pour les Plaisirs — 337x , Air pour la descente de la Gloire — 290x , Ouverture pour Servir d'Entr'act — 359x , Chaconne — 272x

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.