Jean Philippe Rameau (Composer)
Born: 25th September 1683, Dijon
Died: 12th September 1764, Paris
Nationality: French
Jean-Philippe Rameau was 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.
Little is known about Rameau's early years. It was not until the 1720s that he won fame as a major theorist of music with his Treatise on Harmony (1722) and also in the following years as a composer of masterpieces for the harpsichord, which circulated throughout Europe. He was almost 50 before he embarked on the operatic career on which his reputation chiefly rests today. His debut, Hippolyte et Aricie (1733), caused a great stir and was fiercely attacked by the supporters of Lully's style of music for its revolutionary use of harmony.
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Interview,
Justin Taylor on the 'famille Rameau'
The harpsichordist discusses his new album on Alpha, which sees him explore the music of the Rameau clan – not just the famous Jean-Philippe but also his equally distinguished descendants.
Recording of the Week,
Víkingur Ólafsson performs piano music by Debussy and Rameau
The Icelandic pianist releases his third album on Deutsche Grammophon: an exquisitely-performed programme of music by Debussy and Rameau.
Popular Genres: Rameau
Orchestral
Chamber
Instrumental
Opera
Choral
Popular Works: Rameau
- Castor & Pollux: Suite (9)
- Concert No. 1 in C minor (25)
- Concert No. 2 in G major (22)
- Concert No. 3 in A major (22)
- Concert No. 4 in B flat major (22)
- Concert No. 5 in D minor (27)
- Dardanus (14)
- Dardanus Suite (14)
- Gavotte et doubles (17)
- Hippolyte et Aricie (14)
- L'Agaçante in G major (8)
- L'Egyptienne (17)
- L'Enharmonique (13)
- L'Entretien des muses (12)
- L'indiscrète (10)
- La Dauphine (35)
- La Livri in C minor (14)
- La poule (23)
- La villageoise (12)
- Le rappel des oiseaux (40)
- Le Temple de la Gloire (13)
- Les Cyclopes (16)
- Les Fêtes de l'Hymen et de l'Amour, ou Les Dieux d'Égypte (8)
- Les Indes Galantes (21)
- Les Indes galantes: Suite (10)
- Les Sauvages (19)
- Les tendres plaintes (18)
- Musette en rondeau (18)
- Nouvelles Suites de Pièces de Clavecin (20)
- Nouvelles suites de Pieces de clavecin: Suite in A minor - major (16)
- Pièces de Clavecin en concerts (22)
- Premier Livre de pieces de clavecin (17)
- Rigaudon (8)
- Suite in A minor from Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin (c1729–30) (49)
- Suite in D minor/major from Pièces de clavecin (1724, revised 1731) (20)
- Suite in E minor from Pièces de clavecin (1724, revised 1731) (24)
- Suite in G major from Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin (27)
- Suite in G major/G minor (19)
- Suite in G minor from Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin (c1729–30) (12)
- Tambourin (27)
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