Rameau, Jean-Philippe
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1683-1764

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Born: 25 September 1683, Dijon, France
Died: 12 September 1764, Paris, France

Rameau by Jacques Aved, Musee des Beaux-Arts, DijonRameau, Jean-Philippe

His father wanted him to become a lawyer, but he chose music, and when he was 18 he went away for his musical schooling in Milan. He became a church organist in Clermont cathedral, and began writing harpsichord music'Call of the Birds' - Rameau'Tambourin' - Rameau. He published a book titled "Traite de l'Harmonie" (Treatise on Harmony), that talks of the theory of harmony, in which he orderly formulated his concept of harmony, saying harmony consists of a limited number of chords, built of thirds, appearing in their different inversions and so on. His book provoked a controversy, but he continued a discourse with his opponents all his life, and publish additional books, in which he elaborated on his system.

At a later age, he started writing operas, and was very successful'Les Sauvages' - Rameau in Paris, with "Castor and Polux" ("Castor et Polux") and "The Noble Hindus" ("Les Nobles Hindu"). He used daring harmonies, and in his life he was viewed as Lully's successor, as the greatest of French Opera writers, in particular after the death of Couperin in 1733.



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