Rameau, Jean-Philippe

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1683-09-25
Death 1764-09-12
French,
French,

Biographical notes:

Epithet: composer and theorist

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000834.0x000091

Source of the gavotte not identified. Possibly from a keyboard work.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Rameau's gavotte / [Rameau ; arrangé] pour orchestre à cordes [par] Berthold Tours. [1932?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53226282

Taken from various harpsichord works. Suite composed 1928. First performance in a broadcast, New York, 14 December 1937, CBS Orchestra, Howard Barlow conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Suite : from the harpsichord works / of J.P. Rameau ; [arranged by] Amedeo de Filippi. [194-] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53226488

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Subjects:

  • Ballets
  • Ballets
  • Ballets
  • Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with orchestra
  • Dance music
  • Gavottes
  • Harp music (Harps (2)), Arranged
  • Harpsichord music
  • Instrumental music
  • Motets
  • Music
  • Music
  • Musical sketches
  • Operas
  • Operas
  • Operas
  • Operas
  • Opera
  • Opera
  • Orchestral music, Arranged
  • Overtures, Arranged
  • Psalms (Music)
  • Solo cantatas, Secular (High voice) with instrumental ensemble
  • Songs with instrumental ensemble, Arranged
  • String orchestra music, Arranged
  • Violoncello and piano music, Arranged

Occupations:

  • Composers

Places:

  • France (as recorded)
  • France (as recorded)
  • Arreton, Isle of Wight (as recorded)
  • France (as recorded)
  • France (as recorded)
  • Wittenberg, Germany (as recorded)
  • France (as recorded)
  • France (as recorded)
  • France (as recorded)

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