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Rameau's father was the organist at the cathedral of Dijon, and had his son praticing harpsichord at the earliest age possible. However, Rameau began his studies in the field of law before deciding that the study and composition of music was his true passion. He spent much of his youth in Italy and Paris. And for a time followed his father's footsteps as organist at Clermont Cathedral . It wasn't until he reached his 40's that Rameau achieved prominence in the field of composition, but by the death of Couperin in 1733Events February 12 English colonist James Oglethorpe founds Savannah, Georgia. May 29 Right of Canadians to keep Indian slaves upheld at Quebec Quebec. July 30 First Freemasons lodge opened in what will become the United States. Births May 4 Jean-Charles he was arguably the leading French composer of the time. From then on he devoted himself primarily to opera.

He collaborated with VoltaireFrancois-Marie Arouet ( November 21, 1694— May 30, 1778), better known by the pen name Voltaire was a French Enlightenment writer, deist and philosopher. Biography Voltaire was born in Paris to Francois Arouet and Marie-Marguerite Daumart or D'Aumard. on a number of operas, in particular La Princesse de Navarre which earned him the King's title of Compositeur de la Musique de la Chambre.

He is perhaps most well known for his theories regarding tonalityTonality is the character of music written with hierarchical relationships of pitches, rhythms, and chords to a "center" or tonic. Tonic is sometimes used interchangeably with key. The term tonalit was borrowed from Castil-Blaze (1821, Francois Henri Jose through basse fondamentales or root notes, the idea that chords remain equivalent under inversionIn music theory, the word inversion has several meanings. There are inverted chords inverted melodies inverted intervals and (in counterpoint) inverted voices''. The concept of inversion also plays a role in musical set theory. Inverted chords An inverted, described in Traité de l'harmonie (1722) and Nouveau système de musique théorique (1726).

1 Works

1.1 Instrumental works

• Les pièces de clavecin en concert
• several suiteIn music, a suite is an organized set of instrumental or orchestral pieces normally performed at a single sitting. In the Baroque era, the pieces are all in the same key, and generally modelled after dance music. In the eighteenth century suites were alsos for harpsichord (3 books published 1706, 1724, 1728).

1.2 Opera

• Hippolyte et Aricie
• Castor et Pollux
• Les Paladins
• Dardanus
• Zoroastre
• Les Boréades
• La Princesse de Navarre

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