Jean-Philippe Rameau
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Jean-Philippe Rameau was a French composer and music theorist who lived from 1683 to 1764 and became one of the major musical figures of his era. He is remembered for his contributions to both the composition of operas and instrumental music as well as for his influential writings on music theory that helped shape musical understanding during the Baroque period.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1683
- Died
- 1784
- Works
- 129
Top works
- Dissertation sur les différentes métodes d'accompagnement pour le clavecin, ou pour l'orgue
- Démonstration du principe de l'harmonie, servant de base à tout l'art musical thèorique et pratique
- La tour enchantée
- Naïs
- Extrait d'une reponse de m. Rameau a m. Euler
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- 374,192
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Works in European collections
11 objects attributed to Jean-Philippe Rameau, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Jean-Philippe Rameau, by Jacques Aved, 1728
Jean-Philippe Rameau (/rɑːˈmoʊ/; French: [ʒɑ̃filip ʁamo]; (1683-09-25)25 September 1683 – (1764-09-12)12 September 1764) was a French composer and music theorist of the late Baroque era. Regarded as one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the 18th century, he replaced Jean-Baptiste Lully as the dominant composer of French opera and is also considered the leading French composer of his time for the harpsichord, alongside François Couperin.
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