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Abstract

suggest that the whole of Ms.1227 'is also Valoix'. The music in manuscript Ms.1221 seems to look back to an earlier style. There are parallels, not with Lully's music of the 168os, but with the type of music to be found in the Kassel manuscripts and elsewhere that was brought into Germany from Paris during the late 165os and early 166os. For example, the allemande of the seventh suite of Ms.1221 bears a striking similarity to the 'Allemande de Monsieur Mayeu' in Ballard's 1665 Pieces pour le violon a quatre parties. Exx.5 and 7 of the article also provide a further example of this: Farinelly's ouverture (ex.5) is typical of the Lullian tradition. But the ouverture from Ms.1221 (ex.7b) is different in its musical language, and appears to come from an earlier period. Ex.7b also shows the markings 'doux' and 'tous' that appear to have been added at a later time. The same may be true for the oboe markings that appear in both Mss.1221 and 1227. In addition, Ms.1221 contains numerous crossings-out, and it appears that some of the opening movements were later performed in considerably shortened versions.