Catalogue

Operatic works

Rameau distinguished himself in all the operatic genres of his time, beginning with the tragédie en musique and opéra-ballet inherited from the reign of Louis XIV and the Regency. He nevertheless expanded their original fr... Rameau distinguished himself in all the operatic genres of his...

Motets

Composed during the first part of his career, Rameau’s grands motets are contemporaneous with those of Lalande and Campra. They show skilful polyphonic writing, culminating in remarkable fugues, the likes of which were rar... Composed during the first part of his career, Rameau’s grands m...

Cantatas, airs and canons

Before the 1730s Rameau composed several French cantatas, dramatic or pastoral in character, in line with those of Campra and Clérambault. Canons and airs also played a significant part in his career and were directly rela... Before the 1730s Rameau composed several French cantatas, drama...

Instrumental music

Rameau, who played both the violin and the harpsichord, left several collections of chamber music. His books of harpsichord pieces belong to the great seventeenth-century French tradition, while showing a very modern virtu... Rameau, who played both the violin and the harpsichord, left se...

Theoretical writings

Rameau was not only a visionary artist, but also a theorist, interested in the science of music. His career was marked by a series of theoretical texts, from his Traité de l’Harmonie, which brought him fame in Paris in the... Rameau was not only a visionary artist, but also a theorist, in...

Correspondence

Rameau’s letters, now dispersed in public and private collections, are little known. Yet most of them provide a more intimate view of the composer, reflecting his thoughts and considerations, his feelings about his time an... Rameau’s letters, now dispersed in public and private collectio...
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