:Taille was also a name used in the time of Johann Sebastian Bach for the Baroque cor anglais. The taille was a direct land tax on the French peasantry and non-nobles in Ancien Régime France. The tax was imposed on each household and based on how much land it held. History Originally only an "exceptional" tax (for example imposed and collected in times of need, as the king was expected to survive on the revenues of the "domaine royal", or lands that belonged to him directly), the taille b… (More on Taille)