Rameau
JEAN PHILIPPE, 25, 1683. At 18 he went to Milan, but soon returned to France , to Paris, Lille, acted as organist to the cathedral, and and Clermont in Auvergne. Here he wrote his "Treatise (1722). Removing to Paris, he pub- Harmony" monic Generation" (173 lished "Modern System " (1726); "Har- Reflections " (1752). In 1733, at the mature age Rov on (1737), and "Modern of 50, he produced his first legrin. It created a great sensation. to of which was written by the Abbé Pel- opera, "Hippolyte and Aricie," the libretwritten by the Abbé Pelopera, "Hippolyte and Aricie," the libret- Rameau's best opera was "Castor and Pollux," produced at the Académie 1737. Between ballets, as well as numerous harpsichord 1733 and 1760 he composed 21 operas and pieces. Louis XV. created for him the granted him letters of nobility, office of composer of chamber music, named him a Chevalier de St. Michel.
Sept. 12, 1764.
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