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Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)

French Baroque composer and music theorist who came to composing relatively late, in his forties, after first making his name as a theorist: his Treatise on Harmony, published in 1722, laid out the basic logic of chords, roots, and inversions still taught in music theory classes today. Once he did turn to writing operas and a large body of harpsichord music, his harmonic daring, unusual for the period, caused real controversy among audiences used to gentler, more conservative French taste.

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The easiest Rameau on the shelf, in order. Nothing here is graded and nobody is ranked: the shelf simply puts the pieces that ask less of your hands before the ones that ask more.

Rameau Jean-Philippe Premier Livre de Pièces de Clavecin - 7. Vénitienne A major · 2 min Minuetto C major · <1 min Rameau Jean-Philippe Premier Livre de Pièces de Clavecin - 9. Menuet A minor · <1 min Rameau Jean-Philippe Premier Livre de Pièces de Clavecin - 6. Sarabande 1 et 2 C major · 2 min Tambourin in E minor E minor · 5 min Rameau Jean-Philippe Premier Livre de Pièces de Clavecin - 4. Courante A minor · 2 min Les Sauvages (Suite en sol) G minor · 2 min Rameau Suite en Sol L'Indifférente G minor · 1 min Rameau Jean-Philippe Premier Concert Le VeÌzinet C major · <1 min Rameau Suite en Sol Les tricotets G major · 2 min Dardanus - Tambourins I & II D major · <1 min Rameau Jean-Philippe Premier Livre de Pièces de Clavecin - 1. Prélude A minor · 3 min

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Rameau Jean-Philippe Troisième Concert 1er et 2ème Tambourin A major · <1 min Rameau Suite en Sol Nr 4 La Poule (The Hen) G minor · 3 min

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