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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 — 689x
Score: 
Score — 196x
Separate parts: 
I Dessus — 140x
II Dessus — 137x
Haute-contre — 168x
Taille — 124x
Basse — 128x
Midi: 
Ouverture — 125x
Passacaille — 131x
Gigue — 126x
Air des plaisirs — 118x
Passepied [I] — 124x
2.e Passepied — 124x
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>