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Jean-Philippe Rameau

1683 - 1764

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Jean-Philippe Rameau (; French: [ʒɑ̃filip ʁamo]; (1683-09-25)25 September 1683 – (1764-09-12)12 September 1764) was a French composer and music theorist. Regarded as one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the 18th century, he replaced Jean-Baptiste Lully as the dominant composer of French opera and is also considered the leading French composer of his time for the harpsichord, alongside François Couperin. Little is known about Rameau's early years. It was not until the 1720s that he won fame as a major theorist of music with his Treatise on Harmony (1722) and also in the following years as a composer of masterpieces for the harpsichord, which circulated throughout Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Philippe Rameau is the 58th most popular composer (down from 48th in 2019), the 192nd most popular biography from France (down from 170th in 2019) and the 7th most popular French Composer.

Jean-Philippe Rameau is most famous for his contributions to the French opera. He was a composer, theorist, and organist.

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Among composers, Jean-Philippe Rameau ranks 58 out of 1,451. Before him are Arnold Schoenberg, Edward Elgar, Georg Philipp Telemann, Aram Khachaturian, Carl Maria von Weber, and Guillaume Du Fay. After him are Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Gounod, Anton Webern, Erik Satie, Gabriel Fauré, and Giovanni Battista Pergolesi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1683, Jean-Philippe Rameau ranks 2. Before him is Philip V of Spain. After him are George II of Great Britain, Caroline of Ansbach, René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, Maria Anna of Austria, 6th Dalai Lama, Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Gottfried Silbermann, Christoph Graupner, John Theophilus Desaguliers, and Johann David Heinichen. Among people deceased in 1764, Jean-Philippe Rameau ranks 2. Before him is Madame de Pompadour. After him are Ivan VI of Russia, William Hogarth, Christian Goldbach, Pietro Locatelli, Jean-Marie Leclair, Johann Mattheson, Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Erik Pontoppidan, William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, and Francesco Algarotti.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Philippe Rameau ranks 192 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-François Millet (1814), Louis VIII of France (1187), Rudolf Diesel (1858), Georges Danton (1759), Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809), and Louis VII of France (1120). After him are Nicolas Flamel (1330), André Breton (1896), Pope Urban VI (1318), Pierre Bourdieu (1930), Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis (1792), and Henry II of England (1133).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Jean-Philippe Rameau ranks 7. Before him are Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1520), Maurice Ravel (1875), Hector Berlioz (1803), Georges Bizet (1838), Claude Debussy (1862), and Camille Saint-Saëns (1835). After him are Charles Gounod (1818), Erik Satie (1866), Gabriel Fauré (1845), François Couperin (1668), Jules Massenet (1842), and Josquin des Prez (1450).

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