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Rameau and his work
Presence of Rameau, his wife and his daughter Marie-Alexandrine, and Mondonville and his wife, Anne-Jeanne Boucon, at the reading of the marriage contract of Claude Balbastre and Marie-Geneviève Hotteterre (rue de Seine in Paris).
Rameau purchases seventy-six ‘Actions de Fermes’ (shares issued by the tax farmers general) for a total of 76,000 livres.
Rameau attends a rehearsal of Les Boréades in the annexe to the Académie royale de musique known as the Magasin de l'Opéra.
Rameau and his wife travel to Fontainebleau to attend the rehearsals and performances of Dardanus (second version) and Castor et Pollux (second version); they remain there (staying in rue des Pains) until November.
Revival of Dardanus (second version) in the Théâtre de Fontainebleau.
Revival of Castor et Pollux (second version) in the Théâtre de Fontainebleau.
Revival of La Guirlande ou Les Fleurs enchantées at Versailles, in the theatre set up in the Princes’ Courtyard.
L’Amante préoccupée published in a collection of Airs à voix seule.
Rameau and his period
Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War.
Final preparations for the opening of the Théâtre de la Cour des Princes at Versailles.
Birth of Méhul in Givet.
Fire at the theatre of the Académie royale de musique (Salle du Palais-Royal).
Mozart's first stay in Paris.
Première of Dauvergne's Polyxène at the Académie royale de musique.
Première in Stuttgart of the ballet Médée et Jason, music by Rodolphe, choreography by Noverre; same work presented a few weeks weeks later before the royal court at Choisy.
Death of Marivaux in Paris.