Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer and theorist (died 1764)

Jean-Philippe Rameau

French composer and music theorist (1683–1764)

Jean-Philippe Rameau 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…