Rameau's music had gone out of fashion by the end of the 18th century, and it was not until the 20th that serious efforts were made to revive it. Today, he enjoys renewed appreciation with …

Jean-Philippe Rameau was a French composer of the late Baroque period, best known today for his harpsichord music, operas, and works in other theatrical genres but in his lifetime also …

Yet Rameau’s contributions to Western music managed to rise above such artistic disputes. Today, the composer is remembered as a pioneering figure in the field of opera whose studies …

A selection of Jean-Philippe Rameau’s most beautiful works. From his iconic harpsichord pieces to his richly orchestrated opera suites.

Sep 6, 2025 · Could Rameau have paved the way for modern compositional techniques that we now take for granted? His pioneering explorations have left an indelible mark, tying him …

Professionally, Rameau was a violinist in the Lyon Opera and an organist at Avignon and Clermont. The first half of his life was largely unremarkable, aside from the 1722 publication of …

Rameau became the official musician of the Royal court: in 1745, he was appointed Composer of the King's Cabinet. At the age of eighty, he composed his last musical tragedy, Les Boréades, …

Rameau explained his essential musical styles in his theoretical treatises, to express his concern about music theory being re-invented. Rameau stood by his philosophy that the laws of life, …

From 1752 until his death in 1764 Rameau composed less music and wrote more theoretical treatises. He corresponded with Mattheson and Martini and strongly influenced Tartini, …

Rameau's Treatise on Harmony established the primacy of triadic harmony as the central "law" of music. He claimed that melody must be subordinated to harmony and that harmonic …