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Rameau and his work
Rameau is elected at Dijon's Academy.
Death of his nephew, Claude-Bernard Rameau, organist of Autun Cathedral.
Origine des modes et du tempérament published in the Mercure de France.
‘Réponse de M. Rameau à la lettre de M. d'Alembert’ published in the Mercure de France, followed by ‘Suite de la réponse’.
Fifth revival of the Indes galantes at the Académie royale de musique.
First revival of Zaïs at the Académie royale de musique.
Rameau and his period
Death of the Duc de Bourgogne, the eldest son of the Dauphin; the Duc de Berry is next in line to the throne.
Haydn enters the service of the Esterházy family and composes his Symphonies ‘Le Matin’, ‘Le Midi’ and ‘Le Soir (nos.6–8).
Première in Vienna of the ballet Don Juan ou Le Festin de pierre, music by Gluck, choreography by Angiolini.
Last revival of Lully's Armide at the Académie royale de musique.
Première of Dauvergne's Hercule mourant at the Académie royale de musique.
Première of Monsigny's On ne s'avise jamais de tout at the Foire Saint-Laurent.
The Musique du Roi reorganised by edict of Louis XV; the Vingt-quatre Violons du roi and several court positions cease to exist.
Début at the Académie royale de musique of the dancer Marie-Madeleine Guimard.
Rousseau's Julie ou La Nouvelle Héloïse published in Amsterdam.
Catherine II of Russia becomes Diderot's patroness and purchases his library.
Death of Ballot de Sauvot, one of Rameau's librettists.
Letter from Rameau to d'Alembert published in the Mercure de France.
Letter from Rameau to Ducharger, published in Ducharger's Reflexions.