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	Jean-Philippe Rameau - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rameau's father was the organist at the cathedral of Dijon, and had his son practicing harpsichord at the earliest age possible.
		Rameau was perhaps most well known for his theories regarding tonality through basse fondamentales or root notes, the idea that chords remain equivalent under inversion, described in Traité de l'harmonie (1722) and Nouveau système de musique théorique (1726).
		It wasn't until he reached his 40s that Rameau achieved prominence in the field of composition, but by the death of Couperin in 1733 he was arguably the leading French composer of the time.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jean-Philippe_Rameau (621 words)

	Jean-Philippe Rameau: a biographical note
		Rameau was to be embroiled for the rest of his life in controversies concerning his music and writings.
		Rameau and his family lodged at his various residences and belonged to the stimulating circle of writers, artists and musicians gathered around La Poupliniere.
		In 1748 Rameau and Voltaire produced Les surprises de l'amour for the Théâtre des Petits-Cabinets of Mme de Pompadour.
	www.baroquemusic.org /bqxrameau.html (647 words)

	Rameau, Jean Philippe - Musical Biographies
		Rameau's claim to the title of the founder of modern harmony consists, with the exception of the law of inverted chords, rather in the impulse which his works gave to later investigations than in the stability of his original system.
		He introduced the composer to Voltaire, to whom Rameau is said to have borne a striking resemblance, and the result was a libretto by the famous writer, known by the title of Samson.
		Rameau is described as " tall and thin almost to emaciation," with a face " furrowed by deep wrinkles, an aquiline nose, broad and open fore-head, and prominent cheek-bones.
	www.tribalsmile.com /music/article_397.shtml (971 words)

	Jean-Philippe Rameau - by Don Ruch
		One of the greatest composers of the 18th century, organist, and highly influential theorist, Jean-Philippe Rameau, was born in Dijon, France where his early training came from his father, a professional organist.
		Rameau used Lully's and Destouche's operatic styles as models for his own, yet became involved in a controversy when Lullists felt that his modern work betrayed the older composer's legacy.
		Rameau was increasingly involved with theory and with a number of disputes with "modernists" such as Rousseau who advocated the Italian opera buffa of Pergolesi.
	www.ptloma.edu /music/MUH/composers/rameau/Rameau.htm (548 words)

	Jean-Philippe Rameau
		Without denying the merits of Lully (1633-1687) and Couperin (1663-1733), the founders of the French opera, and even admitting that Rameau was not right in all the details of his theory, we must acknowledge that he opened up a new road, which was followed by all who came after him.
		Rameau was very tall and extraordinarily thin, so he had more the appearance of a ghost than of a human being.
		Durand, in Paris, has undertaken a complete edition of Rameau's works, under the direction of Saint-Saëns.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/r/rameau,jean-philippe.html (423 words)

	HOASM: Jean-Philippe Rameau
		Rameau is regarded, along with Lully and Gluck, as one of the principal masters of pre-Revolutionary French opera.
		In 1745 alone three of Rameau's compositions were written for the court, including two collaborations with Voltaire (La pri ncesse de Navarre and Le temple de la Gloire); 1750 saw the publication of his Démonstration du principe de I'harmonie, written in collaboration with Denis Diderot (Paris, 1750).
		Rameau began working with Voltaire on Samson, but the project was abandoned.
	www.hoasm.org /VIIF/Rameau.html (589 words)

	Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Biography
		In the "War of the Buffoons" of 1752 Rameau was a defender of the French opera style of Lully and Destouches as opposed to the opera buffa of Pergolesi.
		Rameau was a first-rate composer as well as theorist, composing mainly operas but also sacred, harpsichord, and chamber works.
		His Traité de l'harmonie (1722) laid the foundation for a rational science of music, and his concept of the invertibility of triads--a stroke of genius by any measure--had great consequences for the teaching of theory.
	jan.ucc.nau.edu /~tas3/rameau.html (144 words)

	JEAN PHILIPPE RAMEAU - LoveToKnow Article on JEAN PHILIPPE RAMEAU
		Though this work was violently opposed by the admirers of Lulli, whose party spirit eventually stirred up the famous guerre des bouffons, Rameaus genius was too brilliant to be trampled under foot by an ephemeral faction and his ultimate triumph was assured.
		Rameau first set forth his new theory in his Trait de lharmonie (Paris, 1722), and followed it up in his Nouveau systme (1726), Gnration harmonique (1737), Demonstration (17 5p) and Nouvelles rflexions (1752).
		From fundamental harmonies he passed to inverted chords, to which he was the first to call attention; and the value of this discovery fully compensates for his erroneous theory concerning the chords of the eleventh and the great (Angi.
	15.1911encyclopedia.org /R/RA/RAMEAU_JEAN_PHILIPPE.htm (577 words)

	- Classical Music Dictionary - Free MP3
		Rameau's harpsichord music is notable for its variety of texture, its originality of line and its boldness of harmony.
		When Rameau died, in 1764, he was widely respected and admired though he was seen too as unsociable and avaricious.
		But from 1750 onwards only two major works were written, for Rameau was increasingly involved with theory and with a number of disputes, with Rousseau, Grimm and even former friends, pupils and collaborators such as Diderot and D'Alembert.
	www.karadar.it /Dictionary/rameau.html (525 words)

	Composer
		Rameau was the leading French composer of his time, in particular after the death of Couperin in 1733.
		In the later part of his career Rameau also wrote a series of suites, the Pièces de clavecin en concerts, for harpsichord, flute or violin and second violin or tenor viol.
		Sixty of Rameau's 65 harpsichord pieces were written by 1728, with a final group appearing in 1741.
	www.naxos.com /composer/btm.asp?fullname=Rameau,+Jean-Philippe (236 words)

	153-4041.htm
		Rameau was thrust into the middle of a war of aesthetics.
		Rameau's harmony was always orderly; he was, after all, a grand theorist.
		Rameau's music has all the qualities that would characterize French music well into the 20th century - gracet clarity, wit, occasional sentimentality and a taste for the picturesque.
	www.azstarnet.com /public/packages/reelbook/153-4041.htm (1220 words)

	NewOlde.com - Jean-Philippe Rameau - Operas, New Releases, Reviews, Harpsichord Music
		Fontainebleau Operas for the Court of Louis XV of France by Jean-Philippe Rameau.
		Transcriptions by Rameau, Balbastre and Weiss from Castor and Pollux, Dardanus, Les Indes Gallantes and Pygmalion.
		Rameau's original, 1733 version, portions of which may never have been performed until now.
	www.newolde.com /rameau.htm (1459 words)

	Jean-Philippe Rameau - Classical music composer
		Rameau's output is small if measured in total number of works, but when one considers that he didn't begin a serious career in composition until his life was more than half over, the amount of actual music is astounding.
		Rameau began his musical career as an organist, but for a long time was best known as a theorist.
		Rameau didn't begin composing operas until he was into his fifties.
	www.classical-composers.org /cgi-bin/ccd.cgi?comp=rameau (686 words)

	Rameau, Jean Philippe on Encyclopedia.com
		RAMEAU, JEAN PHILIPPE [Rameau, Jean Philippe], 1683-1764, French composer and theorist.
		SVEN NACKSTRAND Agence France Presse 07-29-2005 With "Rameau's 'Zoroastre' resuscitated in 18th century Swedish royal theater"French conductor Christophe Rousset directs the musicians 27 July 2005, during repetitions for the opera of Jean-Philippe Rameau's "Zoroastre" that has the premiere in the
		Rameau's career was marked by controversies; at first he was attacked for his Italianate departure from the classical style of Lully, and later he was criticized for his old-fashioned French style.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/r/rameau-j.asp (328 words)

	Jean-Philippe Rameau
		According to The New Penguin Dictionary of Music, Jean-Philippe Rameau was a French composer- also organist.
		Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683 - 1764), biography and works by naxos.com.
		[§] Complete Works for Solo Keyboard by Jean-Philippe Rameau
	www.grainger.de /music/composers/rameau.html (135 words)

	TREATISE ON HARMONY Jean-Philippe Rameau
		Written while Rameau was still a relatively obscure organist and music master at Clermont-Ferrand, the book received but one printing during Rameau’s life, in 1722, shortly before he settled in Paris, The Traité was immediately recognized as a profound advance in musical theory, however, and it established Rameau’s reputation as a theorist.
		Rameau’s Traité de l’harmonie is divided into four Books, the first of which presents the mathematical from which Rameau sought to derive his theories.
		Corrections added by Rameau in a Supplement are included in the text, and all the musical examples have been reset in modern musical notation.
	www.midi-classics.com /p1460.htm (359 words)

	Amazon.com: Rameau: Une Symphonie Imaginaire: Music: Jean-Philippe Rameau,Marc Minkowski,Les Musiciens du Louvre
		Rameau was an imaginative instrumental colorist, and these dance pieces, taken from several of his operas and ballets, show him at his best in that regard.
		I love Rameau, his melodic inventiveness, his unerring good taste and grace, his Gallic wit and refinement and no where is this more prevalent than in his operas.
		Minkowski's Handel is usually a mixed bag and I'm not fully convinced that he is a true Handelian; however, the French baroque in general and Rameau in particular is where this beguiling young maestro, more often than not, shines.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000935TV8?v=glance (967 words)

	Classics Today.com - Your Online Guide to Classical Music
		The earlier version was coolly received as a result of the Lulliste-Ramiste battles that were waged at that time (Rameau was the new opera composer in town and, in subject matter and harmonies, was breaking with tradition).
		This is the 1754 revision of Rameau's 1737 masterpiece.
		Mallon sculpts the work almost in an Italian fashion, smoothly and with long legato, and this does something to Rameau's dance rhythms and the sharp attacks they need.
	www.classicstoday.com /review.asp?ReviewNum=7831 (368 words)

	Fontainebleau Operas for the Court of Louis XV of France by Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
		Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), the leading French composer of the period, was asked to present five new operas at the chateau in 1753 and 1754.
		This book presents Rameau’s works first heard at Fontainebleau in the context of their compositional and performance histories, a context which is rich in court intrigues and social change.
		This study is the first published work to investigate these operas in detail, Rameau’s relationship to the court and the public opera house of Paris is reevaluated, and the richness of Rameau’s musical imagination is revealed in works from his maturity.
	www.mellenpress.com /mellenpress.cfm?bookid=5851&pc=9 (457 words)

	Jean-Philippe Rameau - Classical guitar sheet music
		Jean-Philippe Rameau was an innovator, his operas constitute a total revival of the French traditional opera, in particular with the importance given to the orchestra and the introduction of real parts of descriptive music (like, the earthquake of the "Indes Galantes").
		Jean-Philippe Rameau is born in Dijon in September 1683.
		Denominated composer of the room of the King in 1745, Jean-Philippe Rameau writes his largest masterpieces: Les Indes Galantes, Castor et Pollux, Dardanus (1735-39).
	www.delcamp.net /auteurs/en/2_baroque/rameau_en.html (333 words)

	Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
		Rameau is the most known theorist of his era and he laid the essential foundations for the study of the Theory of Harmony, which, finally, leads us to the Theory of Composition and to the best organization of the principles according to which someone can write (good) music.
		Rameau's acquaintances in the artistic world and the status that he had because of his work, allowed him to experiment enough both in artistic and technical levels with good results.
		At the same time with his theoretical essays, Rameau was also having a career as an organist, while in the second half of his life, Rameau dealt intensively - and also successfully - with the composition of melodramas.
	www.artissimo.gr /english/cm_composers/Jean_Philippe_Rameau.htm (386 words)

	Bust of Jean-Philippe Rameau by CAFFIÉRI, Jean-Jacques
		Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) was a French composer of the late Baroque period, best known today for his harpsichord music but in his lifetime also famous as a musical theorist and a composer of operas.
		Jean-Jacques was a pupil of Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne and became an excellent master of the portrait busts.
		Listen to an example of Rameau's harpsichord music.
	www.wga.hu /html/c/caffieri/jeanjacq/rameau.html (88 words)

	Jean-Philippe Rameau - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
		Rameau was a bold experimenter in harmony and a master of orchestration who introduced new effects (e.g., storm scenes), especially in the choruses of his "operas" (heroic pastorales, allegoric ballet, fêtes -- not opera as we think of it now).
		Rameau was a bold experimenter in harmony and a master of orchestration who introduced new..
		Johann Sebastian Bach; Antonio Vivaldi; Georg Philipp Telemann; George Frideric Handel; Jean-Baptiste Lully; François Couperin; André Campra;
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/bio/0,,482640,00.html (259 words)

	RAMEAU, Jean-Philippe :Gilder-MusicWeb Dictionary of composers
		Rameau composed more than twenty operas and opera-ballets, church music, chamber music, cantatas, etc.
	www.musicweb-international.com /Classpedia/Rameau.htm (115 words)

	ArkivMusic Rameau, Couperin: Harpsichord Works / George Malcolm
		Malcolm's treatment of Rameau's notorious "Les Cyclopes" of the D minor suite is equally spellbinding--as dark, sharp, and sinister as it gets.
		The primary characteristic that distinguishes Malcolm's performance is the way he often places extra emphasis on Rameau's dotted rhythms to clarify passages, in turn heightening the step of the dance.
		While Malcolm's performances here are admittedly somewhat more foursquare and ultimately less exciting than his Rameau, they always are expertly crafted and feature many inspired moments.
	www.arkivmusic.com /classical/album.jsp?site_id=CTRV&album_id=57785 (501 words)

	Rameau, Jean-Philippe
		Jean Philippe Rameau - Rameau, Jean Philippe, 1683–1764, French composer and theorist.
		Greatest Hits ~ Baroque (George Frideric Handel, Jean-Philippe Rameau, An…
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0158476.html (141 words)

	CLASSICAL MUSIC ARCHIVES: Biography of Jean-Philippe Rameau
		Find the music of Jean-Philippe Rameau in the Archives.
		Rameau, Jean-Philippe (b Dijon, 1683; d Paris, 1764).
		Rameau as Lully's successor in the field of Fr.
	www.classicalarchives.com /bios/codm/rameau.html (287 words)

	Jean-Philippe Rameau News
		The opera Zoroastre, by Jean Philippe Rameau (1683 1764), premiered in December 1749 at the Academie Royale de Musique (the Paris Opera).
		Or so it seemed with Jean-Philippe Rameau, who rose from obscurity at age 40 to become the leading composer in France during the 18th century.
		A towering figure of the French Baroque, Jean-Philippe Rameau wrote music that today can sound exotic and fragile, sweetly strange and and almost always compelling.
	www.topix.net /who/jean-philippe-rameau (407 words)

	Music - Jean-philippe Rameau
		In Paris Rameau held an Organ post, and a position of influence as a fashionable Harpsichord teacher.
		At the age of about forty Rameau began composing theatre music, but by the age of fifty he had attained no real celebrity in this line.
		The standard edition of Rameau's Harpsichord Music is that of Saint-Saëns (Durand, Paris).
	www.oldandsold.com /articles27n/music-28.shtml (565 words)

	ArkivMusic Rameau: Six Concerts En Sextuor/Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques
		As it turns out however, Rameau had a very enthusiastic fan--Jacques-Joseph-Marie Decroix (1746-1826)--who not only amassed the largest, most important collection of material related to the composer, but very convincing evidence (the scores are annotated "Decroix 1768") suggests that he also was responsible for the orchestral transcriptions offered here.
		If Rameau was aware of the larger-scaled possibilities inherent in his often-colorful keyboard works, the fact is that he rarely explored them.
		Whatever the case, this stunning premiere recording by Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques of six straightforward and simple arrangements complements Rameau with expert, stylish performances that remain true to each work's original character while heightening their impact with fresh, often compelling orchestration.
	www.arkivmusic.com /classical/album.jsp?site_id=CTRV&album_id=81716 (355 words)

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