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Marais, Marin (1656 - 1728)

Sample page — 510x Score — 570x
Dessus I / Hautbois I / Violons — 159x , Dessus II / Hautbois II — 135x , Flûtes I & II — 140x , Haute-contre — 129x , Taille — 136x , Quinte — 131x , Basse continue / Bassons — 141x

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 — 575x Score — 227x
I Dessus — 144x , II Dessus — 136x , Haute-contre — 146x , Taille — 140x , Basse — 140x
Ouverture — 344x , Premier Air pour la Suitte de la Nimphe — 274x , Bourée pour le mesmes — 342x , Gigue — 176x , Rondeau pour les Plaisirs — 367x , Air pour la descente de la Gloire — 314x , Ouverture pour Servir d'Entr'act — 399x , Chaconne — 277x

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.