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Rameau and his work
Jean Rameau, appointed organist of Notre Dame in Dijon, resigns from his position as organist of St Étienne, which is subsequently taken by Bénigne Balbastre (father of Claude Balbastre).
Rameau and his period
Première of Orphée by Louis de Lully at the Académie royale de musique.
Première of Énée et Lavinie by Colasse at the Académie royale de musique.
Début at the Académie royale de musique of the singer Mademoiselle de Maupin.
Birth of Colin de Blamont in Versailles.