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Rameau and his work
Death in Paris (rue St Honoré) of Françoise Delozier, Rameau's mother-in-law.
Rameau receives a royal pension of 2,000 livres and the title compositeur of the Musique de la Chambre du roi.
Rameau registers a life annuity on his second son, Alexandre.
Rameau's address is given as rue St Honoré (until 1750).
Première of La Princesse de Navarre in the temporary theatre known as the Théâtre du Manège, created in the riding-school of the Grande Écurie.
Première of Platée ou Junon jalouse in the temporary theatre known as Théâtre du Manège.
Première of Les Fêtes de Polymnie at the Académie royale de musique.
Première of Le Temple de la Gloire in the temporary theatre known as the Théâtre du Manège.
Première of Les Fêtes de Ramire in the temporary theatre known as the Théâtre du Manège.
Rameau and his period
The Battle of Fontenoy, a decisive victory for the French, led by the Maréchal de Saxe.
Wedding of the Dauphin to his cousin Maria Teresa, infanta of Spain.
At the ‘Bal des Ifs’, a masked ball held in the Hall of Mirrors, transfomed for the occasion into a ballroom, the king first shows his interest in Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, Madame Le Normant d'Etiolles, later Marquise de Pompadour, who becomes his favourite.
Manège de la Grande Écurie converted into a temporary theatre and ballroom for the wedding celebrations of the Dauphin.
Première of Zélindor roi des Sylphes by (François) Rebel and Francœur premièred in the temporary theatre known as the Théâtre du Manège, in the Grande Écurie. Same work later presented at the Académie royale de musique.
Death in Paris of Pellegrin, one of Rameau's librettists.
Death of Autreau, one of Rameau's librettists.