Any ideas on what the + sign means in French music around the 1770s? In the sources, trills are noted by 'tr' so presumably it's not a trill - though a trill sounds right. Appoggiaturas are notated too, so presumably the + is not an appoggiatura. But the contexts do suggest something above the target note coming down to it.
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