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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 — 678x
Score: 
Score — 157x
Separate parts: 
I Dessus — 126x
II Dessus — 120x
Haute-contre — 131x
Taille — 105x
Basse — 115x
Midi: 
Ouverture — 106x
Passacaille — 106x
Gigue — 102x
Air des plaisirs — 98x
Passepied [I] — 103x
2.e Passepied — 104x
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>