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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 — 697x
Score: 
Score — 228x
Separate parts: 
I Dessus — 148x
II Dessus — 144x
Haute-contre — 205x
Taille — 136x
Basse — 134x
Midi: 
Ouverture — 139x
Passacaille — 142x
Gigue — 134x
Air des plaisirs — 129x
Passepied [I] — 136x
2.e Passepied — 133x
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>