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Couperin, François (1683 - 1733)

Sample page — 371x Score — 54x
I Dessus — 28x , II Dessus — 26x , Basse de Viole — 27x , Basse continuë — 27x

The source is a ms. of the score copied by Sébastien de Brossard between the years 1690 and 1710. It includes four trios. Three of them (La Pucelle, La Visionnaire e L’Astrée) have been included, after revision, in the collection “Les Nations”, published in 1726. Ms. is available at the digital library Gallica, BNF, Paris. L’Astrée was later included, with minor revisions, in La Piémontoise.

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Sample page — 434x Score — 57x
I Dessus — 30x , II Dessus — 26x , Basse — 27x

The source is the ms. of the score copied by Pisendel. Some parts of the sonata have been later included in “L’Impériale”, published in 1726 in the collection “Les Nations”. The manuscript is available in the digital collections of SLUB, Dresden.

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Score first page — 428x Full score — 43x
I Dessus — 29x , II Dessus — 30x , Basse de Viole — 26x , Basse Continüe — 28x
La Steinquerque — 9x

The source is the ms of the score copied by Sébastien de Brossard between the years 1690 and 1710. It includes four trios. Three of them (La Pucelle, La Visionnaire e L’Astrée) have been included, after revision, in the collection “Les Nations”, published in 1726. Ms. is available at the digital library Gallica, BNF, Paris.

Version 1.0
Sample — 421x Score — 60x
I Dessus — 33x , II Dessus — 29x , Basse d'archet — 35x , Basse chifrée — 29x
Sonade — 12x , Allemande — 11x , Premiere Courante — 10x , Seconde Courante — 10x , Sarabande — 10x , Gigue — 11x , Chaconne ou Passacaille — 11x , Gavotte — 10x , Menuet — 11x

The source is the 1726 edition of separate parts of “Le Nations”, available at Petrucci Music Library.

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Sample — 522x Score — 47x
I Dessus — 26x , II Dessus — 25x , Basse — 25x

Source is the 1724 printed edition of the collection „Les Goûts-réünis“, Petrucci Music Library no. #29449. In case of ambiguities, the modern edition (1976) of Sonata edited by Musica Rara, Monteux, France MR 1844, was consulted.

Version 1.1 with a new editorial format and figured bass revision.
Sample — 477x Score — 37x
Voix — 33x , Dessus I — 20x , Dessus II — 18x , Basse — 16x
Ritournelle — 10x , Gloria patri — 8x

The source is the ms. of the score NUMM-109665 copied by the atelier Philidor, available at the digital library Gallica, BNF, Paris. Caption title: “Mottets, a voix seule, / deux Et Trois parties / Et Symphonies / de M.r Couperin”.

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