Rameau

[ ra-moh ]

/ raˈmoʊ /

noun

Jean Phi·lippe

[zhahn fee-leep] /ʒɑ̃ fiˈlip/,1683–1764, French composer and musical theorist.

Example sentences from the Web for rameau

Working as a busboy in Miami during the 1980s, Rameau often faced racism due to his ethnicity.

Moonwalking With the Many Michael Jacksons |Justin Jones |August 2, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
This liberty in the execution of music is particularly perceptible in the works of Rameau.

On the Execution of Music, and Principally of Ancient Music |Camille Saint-Sans
Lully and Rameau took for their model the high-flown declamation of the tragedy stage of their time.

Musicians of To-Day |Romain Rolland
Rameau was in danger of Lynch law, when suddenly a face not unknown to him interposed between himself and the rough-looking man.

The Parisians, Complete |Edward Bulwer-Lytton

The efforts of Lulli and Rameau had been turned in another direction.

Great Musical Composers |George T. Ferris
He fastened upon it the sound traditions of Rameau, and he pointed out the true path of progress.

How Music Developed |W. J. Henderson

British Dictionary definitions for rameau

Rameau

/ (French ramo) /

noun

Jean Philippe (ʒɑ̃ filip). 1683–1764, French composer. His works include the opera Castor et Pollux (1737), chamber music, harpsichord pieces, church music, and cantatas. His Traité de l'harmonie (1722) was of fundamental importance in the development of modern harmony

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