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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 — 680x
Score: 
Score — 177x
Separate parts: 
I Dessus — 132x
II Dessus — 128x
Haute-contre — 145x
Taille — 113x
Basse — 120x
Midi: 
Ouverture — 115x
Passacaille — 116x
Gigue — 112x
Air des plaisirs — 108x
Passepied [I] — 110x
2.e Passepied — 113x
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>