Jean philippe rameau bio

Distinguished composer and theorist; b. Dijon, France, Sept. 25, ; d. Paris, Sept. 12, In a long, busy career Rameau was eminent in three musical areas that were much more disparate then than now.

In his earlier years he was considered primarily a theorist, and his Traité d'harmonie of is one of the landmarks of the science. In it he proposed theories of the invertibility of triads, the "fundamental bass" (function of chord roots irrespective of inversions), and the cycle of fifths&#x;theories definitive in virtually all texts on tonal harmony since then.

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He composed many harpsichord works, both solo pieces (three books: , , ) and pieces en concert (with other instruments, ). He was also an organist and produced a handful of motets in connection with his church positions.

In , already age 50, Rameau began a new career in opera. He produced more than two dozen works, among them Les Indes galantens (), Castor et Pollux (), and a comedy, Les Paladi