JEAN-FRY REBEL

(1666-1747)

Les Caractres de la Dance.

Fantaisie
with instrumentation proposed in the manuscript
copy by J. G. Pisendel [D-Dl Mus. 2146-N-2]
edited by Patricia Gonzlez

cvbnd
This work is under Creative Commons Licence: Attribution-Non-commercial-No derivative works 3.0 Unported
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0
The Hague, september 2007
revised: december 2010

For questions and/or suggestions, please contact me: pgonzalez.fernandez@gmail.com

Editorial policy & more sheet music in http://musicaleditions.patriciagonzalez.net

Jean-Fry Rebel on a drawing by Antoine Watteau, undated (ca. 1710?). Muse Magnin,
Dijon, France

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 Critical Commentary
Patricia Gonzlez

sources:
*First edition [FE]: Les caractres de la dance. Fantaisie. Paris: auteur, Foucault [1715]. Bibliothque Nationale
de France, Paris. Vm7 1150. Partition rduite.

*Reprint of the first edition: Les caractres de la dance. Fantaisie. Paris: Leclerc 1727/1733. Nederlands Muziek-
Instituut, Den Haag. NMI In: Kluis A 41. Partition rduite.

*Copy by Johann Georg Pisendel [CP]. Schsische Landes- und Universittsbibliothek, Dresden. Mus. 2146-N-2.
Partition gnrale.

modern editions:
*Jean-Fry Rebel, Les Caractres de la Dance, Fantaisie (1715). Edited by: Stefan Fuchs. Edition Walhall, 2007.

Main source: CP for instrumentation, phrasing marks and ornaments (FE includes less ornaments, marked
/ CP is more detailed, and uses tr.). FE for dinamics (FE: fort, doux / CP: forte, piano) and bass-
figuring.

Prelude. b.33, Vn. CP: no tr. in the second crochet, but

cfr. CP, b. 24 and FE, b. 24, 33.
Time signature: FE: / CP: Here we have
maintained because of its character and
Boure.
tempo connotations.
b.45, Bc. FE: d / CP: d
Original clefs: FE: G1-G1-F4 / CP: G2-G2-
C1-C3-F4. We have decided to transcribe b.58, Bc. FE: A / CP: C
using G2-G2-C3-C3-F4.
Chaconne.
b.1, Vn. CP: Violini Hautb. et Flute. No other
mention of instrumentation. Time signature: 3
b.5, 6, 9. CP: phrasing marks following tying- b.59, Vn. CP: Hautb.
overs in the parts of Ta., Q. and Bc.
b.59, HC. CP: Hautb. 2do. / Viol. 2do.
inconsistent and partly not clear. Adaptation
according to FE. b.76ss, HC. CP: empty (to double Vn.)
b.82, Vn. FE: .
Courante.
b.82, 86, Bc. FE: A A / CP: A .
b.15, 21. Original repetition symbol. FE: % :||:
in b.21 / CP: % in b.15 and 21.
Sarabande.
b.15ss, HC. FE: empty / CP: col premier
b.95, Fl. FE: Mineur. Flte. / CP: piano avec
Violin.
les flutes Sans Hautb. 2 flut in unisono. Fuchs
applies the melody of the flutes also to Vn.
Menuet.
We have based our decission on the timbrical
Time signature: 3 division suggested in FE between Flutes
(upper staff) and Violons (lower staff).
b.27, Bc. FE: 6, but cfr. FE, b. 22, 34 and CP,
b. 27: 5 b.95, Bc. FE: Violons.

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b.96, 103. Original repetition symbol. FE: % in b.189, Vn. FE and CP: fort et vte (FE: it
b.96 and :||: tournez in b.103 / CP: % in b.103. appears also in Bc.)
b.98, Q. CP: no tr. but cfr. Ta. b.204, Bc. FE: .
b.102, Fl. Added tr. according to FE. b.217. FE: tournez

Gigue. Loure.
b.103, Fl., Vn. FE: Violons / CP: Tutti. b.222, Bc. FE: the first figure is 7
b.103, HC. CP: col 1 [ilegible]
Musette.
b.105, Vn., HC. Added tr. according to FE.
b.225, Hb. CP: 2 Hautbois unisoni. Cfr. b. 305.
b.113, Vn., HC. Added tr. according to CP, b. FE: Dans la Musette les hautbois joent la
119. partir denhaut, et les Violons joent cette den
baso
b.114, 120, Bc. FE: F C . .
b.226, 232. FE and CP: % in b.226, % :||: in b.
Passepied. 232
Time signature: 3 b.227, 230, Ta. CP: no slur, but cfr. Q. and Ta.
(b.236, 239, 243, 246, 250, 253).
b.139, Hb. FE: Hautbois / CP: hautb. Soli,
hautb. 2do. b.232, Hb. CP: Tutti
b.139, Bc. FE: Bassons / CP: Bassoni soli con b.232, Vn., HC. FE: .
Cemb.
b.233, 255. FE: Reprise. in b.233, % :||: in b.
b.145-146, Hb. Adition of tie according to FE, 232 / CP: no repetition.
b.145-146, 153-154, 161-162: / CP, b.
b.235-241, Hb.II. Unisono between Hb.II and
153-154, 161-162:
HC is editorial.
b.156-157, Hb. FE: Hb.II. is absent.
b.241, Hb. CP: Hautbois
b.163-165, Hb. FE: Hb.II. is absent.
b.241, Vn., HC. FE: phrasing mark in second
note ( ). Same in b.244.
Gavotte.
Time signature: FE: / CP: Sonate.
b.167, Fl., Vn. CP: Violons et Flute. Time signature: 3
b.167, HC. CP: Violini. b.256, HC. CP: col 1mo.
b.169, Vn. Phrasing marks in CP only over the b.256, Bc. FE:
first two quavers, but cfr. CP, b.170, 181, 182,
b.262, Bc. FE: e .
Vn. & HC.
b.265, Vn., HC. FE: deviation figuring. Same in
b.171, Bc. FE: a A / CP: a Cfr. FE, b. 183:
b.270.
aA
b.272, Bc. FE: different connecting passage E b
b.174, Bc. FE & CP: A A
d b d b
b.177, HC. FE: c a c d
b.282. FE: partie en batterie.
b.186, 188, Bc. FE & CP: A A
b.282, Bc. FE: crotchet an octave lower than the
b.187, Bc. FE: original figure is 7 semiquavers only given by FE.
b.187, Ta. CP: c b a g b.284, 286, 288, Bc. FE: semiquavers in unison
with Q. only given by FE.
b.187, Q. CP: f d d c | c b a g
b.297, Bc. FE: the original figure is 26
Sonate.
Time signature: 3

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 Les Caractres de la Dance
Jean Fry REBEL
Fantaisie (1666 - 1747)
Johann Georg PISENDEL

(1687 - 1755)

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Prelude
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[Flutes] & C


doux

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[Hautbois] & # C


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[Dessus de
Violon]

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[Haute-Contre
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de Violon]
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Violon]
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doux

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[Quinte de
Violon]
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6

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[http://musicaleditions.patriciagonzalez.net] bnd
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Chaconne

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Ta.

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Q. J

fort

6
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HC.

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Q.

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doux 6
b jb
6

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5

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I II

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Fl. &

#.
.. 46 . . J
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fort

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HC.
J

fort

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I II

B
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fort

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I II

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B J J
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Ta.

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B .
106

Q.
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6

b
5/ 6

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Bc.

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doux

fort

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HC. & J J J J
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doux fort

b . . . . .
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111

Ta.
doux

b.
fort

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Q.
doux
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fort
b b b #
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6 6

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doux J. F. REBEL, Les Caractres de
fort la Dance. Fantaisie
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b

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doux fort

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B
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Ta.
doux fort

b . . . . .
B #
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Q.

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doux fort
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6 6

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Rigaudon

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2 #
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B . 2
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b
Passepied

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135 3
&

Hb.

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3
# 4
135

Vn.

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3
# 4
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HC. &

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135 3
Ta. 4

. 3
B 4 # ! ! !
3
#
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6

b
6

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5

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Bc.
4
Bassoni soli con Cemb.

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#


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&

Hb.

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6 6

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b
7 5 4

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Bc.

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153

Hb. &

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7

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Bc.

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 b
Gavotte

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162

Fl. &

.
doux

.. .
C
! !
162

&

Hb.

b

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162

Vn. &

doux

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162

HC. &
b
doux

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162

Ta.
doux

b
B ! ! ! ! ! C !
162

Q.
# 6 6
doux

b 6
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6 6

b
162

B


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doux

b
# # .
170

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b
fort doux

# .
#
170

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fort doux

# .
& b # #
#
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HC.
J
doux

b b .
fort

B b

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J

Ta.
doux

b b .
fort

B b

170

Q.
J
doux
# 6
fort
# b b # # # #
6
b
5
#
6

B b ?
170 6 6 6 5/ 6

Bc.
fort doux

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 # . j b

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177

Fl.
J
# . j b
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Vn.
J

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b
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177

HC.

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B b
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Ta. J

. # b
B b
177

Q. J
#6 # #
# # b #
6

b
?
6 6 5

?
6 6 6 6

b
177

Bc. B
fort

b

Sonate
# . b # # 33
& . j 4 j !
184

Fl. J
b
fort

# # 33
doux

# . b
& . j
184

Vn. J 4

fort

j # # 43 j
doux

& b # . J # n
3 fort et vte

184

#.
HC.

fort doux fort et vte

b b
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B
184 3
Ta. J J

fort doux fort et vte

b b
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B
3

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Q. J .
fort doux fort et vte
# #6 # # # b b7 #
? b b
6
b
# ## 3
6 6 5

!
6 5/ 6 6 3

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doux
Bc.

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& # ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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## .


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## .

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Vn. &

##
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HC. &
# .
B ##
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Ta.

B ##
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Q.

6 #6 .
5

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Bc.
fort et vte

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#
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B ## .
199

Q.

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5
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5
Bc.

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B ##
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Q.

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6

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Bc.

Loure
# 6
& # 4 ! ! ! ! !
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## 6
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J . J #
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## 6 . . J # .
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6 6

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 Musette
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2 Hautbois unisoni

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224

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doux

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224

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j
doux

## .
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doux

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B ## .
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doux

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B ## .
224

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doux
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Bc.
doux

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.. ..
J . a j
Tutti

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231

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Hb.

I
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& J .
II

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231

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Hautbois

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