{"id":31536,"date":"2026-10-31T00:29:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T23:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/jean-philippe-rameau\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T00:35:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T23:35:57","slug":"jean-philippe-rameau","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/jean-philippe-rameau\/","title":{"rendered":"Jean-Philippe Rameau"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"opa-ref\" style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 0.85em; line-height: 1.5;\"><em><strong>Image d&rsquo;en-t\u00eate :<\/strong> <strong>L\u2019Op\u00e9ra royal du ch\u00e2teau de Versailles<\/strong>, inaugur\u00e9 en 1770 (<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Royal_Opera_of_Versailles,_Paris,_MA55.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, CC BY-SA 4.0)<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"opa-soutien\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0 0 1.6em;\">\n<form style=\"display: inline-block; margin: 0 0 .4em;\" action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\"><input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"QSSRVLDUKP2MG\" \/><input style=\"border: 0;\" title=\"Faire un don avec PayPal\" alt=\"Faire un don avec PayPal\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/fr_FR\/FR\/i\/btn\/btn_donateCC_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><\/form>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 0.9em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/soutenir\/\">Soutenir mon travail<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/abonnements\/\">Tout lire sans limite<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/Livres-Orazio-Puglisi\/s?rh=n%3A301061%2Cp_27%3AOrazio+Puglisi\">Mes livres<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<style>.opa-art{font-size:1.04em;line-height:1.75}.opa-art h2{margin-top:1.6em}.opa-art h3{margin-top:1.8em;color:#7a1f2b}.opa-fig{position:relative;left:50%;transform:translateX(-50%);width:min(1000px,94vw);margin:2.2em 0}.opa-fig img{width:100%!important;height:auto!important;max-width:none!important;display:block;box-shadow:0 10px 34px rgba(0,0,0,.25);border-radius:3px}.opa-fig figcaption{max-width:720px;margin:.8em auto 0;font-size:.82em;line-height:1.5;text-align:center;opacity:.8}.opa-lettrine:first-letter{float:left;font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:3.4em;line-height:.9;padding:.05em .12em 0 0;color:#7a1f2b}.opa-biblio{font-size:.92em}<\/style>\n<style>.opa-gal{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fill,minmax(240px,1fr));gap:16px;margin:1.6em 0;position:relative;left:50%;transform:translateX(-50%);width:min(1100px,94vw);background:#fbf8f3;padding:18px;border-radius:8px;box-sizing:border-box;color:#222}.opa-gal figure{margin:0}.opa-gal img{width:100%!important;height:220px!important;object-fit:cover;border-radius:4px;box-shadow:0 6px 18px rgba(0,0,0,.2)}.opa-gal figcaption{font-size:.78em;line-height:1.4;margin-top:.4em;opacity:.9}.opa-vidbox{position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;margin:1.2em 0;border-radius:6px;overflow:hidden;box-shadow:0 8px 24px rgba(0,0,0,.25)}.opa-vidbox iframe,.opa-vidbox video{position:absolute;inset:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0}.opa-dl li{margin:.4em 0}.opa-dl a{font-weight:600}<\/style>\n<div class=\"opa-art\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), le savant et le po\u00e8te<\/h2>\n<style>.opa-audio{margin:.8em 0 1.4em}.opa-audio audio{width:100%}.opa-audio-cap{font-size:.78em;margin-top:.3em;opacity:.85}.opa-chrono li{margin:.3em 0}<\/style>\n<p class=\"opa-lettrine\">Organiste de province pendant la moiti\u00e9 de sa vie, th\u00e9oricien de g\u00e9nie qui fonda la science moderne de l\u2019harmonie, <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jean-Philippe_Rameau\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jean-Philippe Rameau<\/a> (1683-1764) n\u2019\u00e9crivit son premier op\u00e9ra qu\u2019\u00e0 cinquante ans \u2014 et devint aussit\u00f4t le plus grand compositeur fran\u00e7ais de son si\u00e8cle. Ses trag\u00e9dies lyriques, de <em>Hippolyte et Aricie<\/em> aux <em>Indes galantes<\/em>, ses pi\u00e8ces de clavecin \u2014 <em>La Poule<\/em>, <em>Le Rappel des oiseaux<\/em>, <em>Les Sauvages<\/em> \u2014 et son <em>Trait\u00e9 de l\u2019harmonie<\/em> font de lui l\u2019\u00e9gal de Bach et de Haendel.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"opa-fig\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Jean-Philippe_Rameau_by_Jacques_Aved.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumb.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/e\/ed\/Jean-Philippe_Rameau_by_Jacques_Aved.jpg\/1920px-Jean-Philippe_Rameau_by_Jacques_Aved.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&#038;utm_campaign=imageinfo&#038;utm_content=thumbnail\" alt=\"Jean-Philippe Rameau\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption><strong>Jacques Aved<\/strong> (attribu\u00e9), <em>Portrait de Jean-Philippe Rameau<\/em>, vers 1728, Dijon, mus\u00e9e des Beaux-Arts. <span style=\"opacity:.75\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Jean-Philippe_Rameau_by_Jacques_Aved.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, CC BY-SA 4.0)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Dijon et les ann\u00e9es d\u2019orgue (1683-1722)<\/h3>\n<p>Jean-Philippe Rameau na\u00eet le 25 septembre 1683 \u00e0 <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dijon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dijon<\/a>, fils d\u2019un organiste qui lui apprend la musique avant m\u00eame qu\u2019il sache lire. Destin\u00e9 au droit, il pr\u00e9f\u00e8re la musique : vers dix-huit ans, il part pour l\u2019Italie, mais ne d\u00e9passe pas Milan. Commencent alors vingt ann\u00e9es d\u2019errance d\u2019organiste en organiste : Avignon, <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clermont-Ferrand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clermont-Ferrand<\/a>, Paris, Dijon, Lyon, puis de nouveau Clermont. Il publie en 1706 un premier livre de pi\u00e8ces de clavecin. Il \u00e9tudie surtout avec passion les lois de l\u2019harmonie.<\/p>\n<h3>Le Trait\u00e9 de l\u2019harmonie (1722)<\/h3>\n<p>En 1722, Rameau publie le <em><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trait%C3%A9_de_l'harmonie_r%C3%A9duite_%C3%A0_ses_principes_naturels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trait\u00e9 de l\u2019harmonie r\u00e9duite \u00e0 ses principes naturels<\/a><\/em>, ouvrage capital qui fonde la th\u00e9orie moderne des accords : il y explique la \u00ab basse fondamentale \u00bb, le renversement des accords et le r\u00f4le de la tonique, de la dominante et de la sous-dominante. L\u2019ouvrage fait de lui le premier th\u00e9oricien d\u2019Europe ; on enseigne encore l\u2019harmonie selon ses principes. Install\u00e9 d\u00e9finitivement \u00e0 Paris, il publie ses recueils de pi\u00e8ces de clavecin (1724, 1729-1730), petits tableaux pleins d\u2019esprit : <em>Le Rappel des oiseaux<\/em>, <em>Les Tendres Plaintes<\/em>, <em>Les Cyclopes<\/em>, <em>La Poule<\/em>, <em>L\u2019\u00c9gyptienne<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"opa-audio\"><audio controls preload=\"none\" style=\"width:100%\"><source src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/2\/29\/Jean-Philippe_Rameau_-_La_Poule_%28Marcelle_Meyer%2C_1953%29.flac\"><source src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/2\/29\/Jean-Philippe_Rameau_-_La_Poule_%28Marcelle_Meyer%2C_1953%29.flac\/Jean-Philippe_Rameau_-_La_Poule_%28Marcelle_Meyer%2C_1953%29.flac.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/audio><\/p>\n<div class=\"opa-audio-cap\">Rameau, <em>La Poule<\/em>, pi\u00e8ce de clavecin, par Marcelle Meyer (1953) <span style=\"opacity:.75\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Jean-Philippe_Rameau_-_La_Poule_(Marcelle_Meyer,_1953).flac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, Public domain)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>La r\u00e9v\u00e9lation de l\u2019op\u00e9ra (1733-1739)<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"opa-fig\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:1736_Les_Indes_Galantes.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/3\/39\/1736_Les_Indes_Galantes.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&#038;utm_campaign=imageinfo&#038;utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled\" alt=\"Les Indes galantes\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption><strong>Les Indes galantes<\/strong>, page de titre de l\u2019\u00e9dition de 1736. <span style=\"opacity:.75\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:1736_Les_Indes_Galantes.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, Public domain)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 la protection du riche fermier g\u00e9n\u00e9ral <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alexandre_Le_Riche_de_La_Pouplini%C3%A8re\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alexandre Le Riche de La Pouplini\u00e8re<\/a>, dont il dirige l\u2019orchestre priv\u00e9 pendant vingt ans, Rameau peut enfin aborder l\u2019op\u00e9ra. Le 1<sup>er<\/sup> octobre 1733, \u00e0 cinquante ans, il fait repr\u00e9senter <em><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hippolyte_et_Aricie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hippolyte et Aricie<\/a><\/em> : la richesse de son harmonie et de son orchestre stup\u00e9fie et divise le public entre \u00ab lullistes \u00bb, fid\u00e8les \u00e0 la tradition de <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jean-Baptiste_Lully\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jean-Baptiste Lully<\/a>, et \u00ab ramistes \u00bb ou \u00ab rameauneurs \u00bb. Suivent <em><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Les_Indes_galantes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Les Indes galantes<\/a><\/em> (1735), ballet h\u00e9ro\u00efque en quatre \u00ab entr\u00e9es \u00bb exotiques \u2014 Turquie, P\u00e9rou, Perse, Am\u00e9rique du Nord \u2014 avec la c\u00e9l\u00e8bre danse des <em>Sauvages<\/em>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Castor_et_Pollux_(Rameau)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Castor et Pollux<\/a><\/em> (1737), avec l\u2019air \u00ab Tristes appr\u00eats \u00bb, et <em><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dardanus_(Rameau)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dardanus<\/a><\/em> (1739).<\/p>\n<div class=\"opa-audio\"><audio controls preload=\"none\" style=\"width:100%\"><source src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/e\/ec\/Jean-Philippe_Rameau_-_Les_Sauvages.ogg\"><source src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/e\/ec\/Jean-Philippe_Rameau_-_Les_Sauvages.ogg\/Jean-Philippe_Rameau_-_Les_Sauvages.ogg.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/audio><\/p>\n<div class=\"opa-audio-cap\">Rameau, <em>Les Sauvages<\/em>, pi\u00e8ce de clavecin dont Rameau reprit la m\u00e9lodie dans la danse des Sauvages des <em>Indes galantes<\/em> <span style=\"opacity:.75\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Jean-Philippe_Rameau_-_Les_Sauvages.ogg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, Public domain)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Le compositeur du roi (1745-1764)<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"opa-fig\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Rameau_Carmontelle.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/f\/fb\/Rameau_Carmontelle.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&#038;utm_campaign=imageinfo&#038;utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled\" alt=\"Rameau par Carmontelle\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption><strong>Louis Carmontelle<\/strong>, <em>Rameau<\/em>, dessin, vers 1760 : la c\u00e9l\u00e8bre silhouette du vieux compositeur. <span style=\"opacity:.75\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Rameau_Carmontelle.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, Public domain)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>En 1745, Rameau compose pour le mariage du Dauphin <em><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Plat%C3%A9e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Plat\u00e9e<\/a><\/em>, irr\u00e9sistible com\u00e9die lyrique sur une nymphe des marais, laide et vaniteuse, qui se croit aim\u00e9e de Jupiter. Louis XV le nomme compositeur de la Chambre du roi. En 1752 \u00e9clate la <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Querelle_des_Bouffons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">querelle des Bouffons<\/a> : <a href=\"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/jean-jacques-rousseau\/\">Jean-Jacques Rousseau<\/a> et les Encyclop\u00e9distes, champions de la simplicit\u00e9 m\u00e9lodique italienne, attaquent l\u2019op\u00e9ra fran\u00e7ais et son repr\u00e9sentant, Rameau, qui leur r\u00e9pond par de nombreux \u00e9crits. Il compose encore <em>Zoroastre<\/em>, <em>Les Paladins<\/em> et, \u00e0 quatre-vingts ans, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Les_Bor%C3%A9ades\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Les Bor\u00e9ades<\/a><\/em>, dont les r\u00e9p\u00e9titions sont interrompues en 1763 et qui ne sera cr\u00e9\u00e9e qu\u2019en 1982. Anobli par le roi, il meurt \u00e0 Paris le 12 septembre 1764 et est inhum\u00e9 en l\u2019\u00e9glise <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C3%89glise_Saint-Eustache_de_Paris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saint-Eustache<\/a>. Son neveu Jean-Fran\u00e7ois a inspir\u00e9 \u00e0 Diderot <em><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Le_Neveu_de_Rameau\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Le Neveu de Rameau<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"opa-audio\"><audio controls preload=\"none\" style=\"width:100%\"><source src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/9\/93\/Jean-Philippe_Rameau_-_Les_Tourbillons_%28Marcelle_Meyer%2C_1953%29.flac\"><source src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/9\/93\/Jean-Philippe_Rameau_-_Les_Tourbillons_%28Marcelle_Meyer%2C_1953%29.flac\/Jean-Philippe_Rameau_-_Les_Tourbillons_%28Marcelle_Meyer%2C_1953%29.flac.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/audio><\/p>\n<div class=\"opa-audio-cap\">Rameau, <em>Les Tourbillons<\/em>, pi\u00e8ce de clavecin, par Marcelle Meyer (1953) <span style=\"opacity:.75\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Jean-Philippe_Rameau_-_Les_Tourbillons_(Marcelle_Meyer,_1953).flac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, Public domain)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Chronologie<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"opa-chrono\">\n<li><strong>1683<\/strong> \u2014 naissance \u00e0 Dijon, le 25 septembre<\/li>\n<li><strong>vers 1701<\/strong> \u2014 voyage en Italie<\/li>\n<li><strong>1702-1722<\/strong> \u2014 organiste \u00e0 Avignon, Clermont, Paris, Dijon, Lyon<\/li>\n<li><strong>1706<\/strong> \u2014 <em>Premier Livre de pi\u00e8ces de clavecin<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>1722<\/strong> \u2014 <em>Trait\u00e9 de l\u2019harmonie<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>1724<\/strong> \u2014 <em>Pi\u00e8ces de clavessin<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>1726<\/strong> \u2014 mariage avec Marie-Louise Mangot<\/li>\n<li><strong>1733<\/strong> \u2014 <em>Hippolyte et Aricie<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>1735<\/strong> \u2014 <em>Les Indes galantes<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>1737<\/strong> \u2014 <em>Castor et Pollux<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>1739<\/strong> \u2014 <em>Dardanus<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>1745<\/strong> \u2014 <em>Plat\u00e9e<\/em> ; compositeur de la Chambre du roi<\/li>\n<li><strong>1752<\/strong> \u2014 Querelle des Bouffons<\/li>\n<li><strong>1763<\/strong> \u2014 r\u00e9p\u00e9titions des <em>Bor\u00e9ades<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>1764<\/strong> \u2014 mort \u00e0 Paris, le 12 septembre<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u0152uvres majeures<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"opa-chrono\">\n<li>Trag\u00e9dies lyriques : <em>Hippolyte et Aricie<\/em>, <em>Castor et Pollux<\/em>, <em>Dardanus<\/em>, <em>Zoroastre<\/em>, <em>Les Bor\u00e9ades<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Op\u00e9ras-ballets : <em>Les Indes galantes<\/em>, <em>Les F\u00eates d\u2019H\u00e9b\u00e9<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Com\u00e9die lyrique : <em>Plat\u00e9e<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Pi\u00e8ces de clavecin (1706, 1724, 1729-1730) et <em>Pi\u00e8ces de clavecin en concerts<\/em> (1741)<\/li>\n<li>Cantates et grands motets<\/li>\n<li>\u00c9crits th\u00e9oriques : <em>Trait\u00e9 de l\u2019harmonie<\/em> (1722), <em>Nouveau syst\u00e8me de musique th\u00e9orique<\/em> (1726)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Galerie<\/h3>\n<div class=\"opa-gal\">\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Statue_Jean_Philippe_Rameau_-_Dijon_(FR21)_-_2022-04-16_-_2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumb.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/c\/c9\/Statue_Jean_Philippe_Rameau_-_Dijon_%28FR21%29_-_2022-04-16_-_2.jpg\/1920px-Statue_Jean_Philippe_Rameau_-_Dijon_%28FR21%29_-_2022-04-16_-_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&#038;utm_campaign=imageinfo&#038;utm_content=thumbnail\" alt=\"Statue de Rameau \u00e0 Dijon\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption><strong>Statue de Rameau<\/strong> \u00e0 Dijon. <span style=\"opacity:.75\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Statue_Jean_Philippe_Rameau_-_Dijon_(FR21)_-_2022-04-16_-_2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, CC BY-SA 4.0)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:%C3%89glise_Saint-Eustache_Paris_1er_001.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumb.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/b8\/%C3%89glise_Saint-Eustache_Paris_1er_001.JPG\/1920px-%C3%89glise_Saint-Eustache_Paris_1er_001.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&#038;utm_campaign=imageinfo&#038;utm_content=thumbnail\" alt=\"Saint-Eustache\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption><strong>L\u2019\u00e9glise Saint-Eustache<\/strong> \u00e0 Paris, o\u00f9 repose Rameau. <span style=\"opacity:.75\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:%C3%89glise_Saint-Eustache_Paris_1er_001.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, CC BY-SA 3.0)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Opera_Plat%C3%A9e_van_componist_Jean_Philippe_Rameau_in_Carre._Links_Plat%C3%A9e_(_Michel_,_Bestanddeelnr_921-4297.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumb.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/6\/68\/Opera_Plat%C3%A9e_van_componist_Jean_Philippe_Rameau_in_Carre._Links_Plat%C3%A9e_%28_Michel_%2C_Bestanddeelnr_921-4297.jpg\/1920px-Opera_Plat%C3%A9e_van_componist_Jean_Philippe_Rameau_in_Carre._Links_Plat%C3%A9e_%28_Michel_%2C_Bestanddeelnr_921-4297.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&#038;utm_campaign=imageinfo&#038;utm_content=thumbnail\" alt=\"Plat\u00e9e\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption><strong>Une repr\u00e9sentation de <em>Plat\u00e9e<\/em><\/strong>, com\u00e9die lyrique de 1745, aux Pays-Bas. <span style=\"opacity:.75\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Opera_Plat%C3%A9e_van_componist_Jean_Philippe_Rameau_in_Carre._Links_Plat%C3%A9e_(_Michel_,_Bestanddeelnr_921-4297.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, CC0)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Portrait_de_Lully_Jean-Baptiste,_(1633-1687),_(compositeur),_PH52934_(1_of_2).jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumb.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/2\/23\/Portrait_de_Lully_Jean-Baptiste%2C_%281633-1687%29%2C_%28compositeur%29%2C_PH52934_%281_of_2%29.jpg\/1920px-Portrait_de_Lully_Jean-Baptiste%2C_%281633-1687%29%2C_%28compositeur%29%2C_PH52934_%281_of_2%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&#038;utm_campaign=imageinfo&#038;utm_content=thumbnail\" alt=\"Lully\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption><strong>Jean-Baptiste Lully<\/strong>, le grand pr\u00e9d\u00e9cesseur de Rameau. <span style=\"opacity:.75\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Portrait_de_Lully_Jean-Baptiste,_(1633-1687),_(compositeur),_PH52934_(1_of_2).jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, CC0)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h3>\u00c0 voir et \u00e0 \u00e9couter<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"opa-dl\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Rameau+Les+Indes+galantes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Les Indes galantes<\/a> (vid\u00e9os YouTube)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Rameau+pi%C3%A8ces+de+clavecin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Les pi\u00e8ces de clavecin<\/a> (vid\u00e9os YouTube)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Rameau+Plat%C3%A9e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Plat\u00e9e<\/a> (vid\u00e9os YouTube)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Rameau+Hippolyte+et+Aricie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hippolyte et Aricie<\/a> (vid\u00e9os YouTube)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00c0 t\u00e9l\u00e9charger (livres du domaine public, PDF)<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"opa-dl\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/download\/bim_eighteenth-century_reponse-de-m-rameau-a-m_rameau-jean-philippe_1757\/bim_eighteenth-century_reponse-de-m-rameau-a-m_rameau-jean-philippe_1757.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">T\u00e9l\u00e9charger le PDF<\/a> \u2014 Jean-Philippe Rameau, <em>R\u00e9ponse de M. Rameau \u00e0 MM. les \u00e9diteurs de l\u2019Encyclop\u00e9die<\/em>, 1757 : sa pol\u00e9mique avec Diderot et d\u2019Alembert. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/bim_eighteenth-century_reponse-de-m-rameau-a-m_rameau-jean-philippe_1757\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lire en ligne<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/download\/BSG_BR56996\/BSG_BR56996.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">T\u00e9l\u00e9charger le PDF<\/a> \u2014 <em>Quelques documents sur J.-P. Rameau et sa famille<\/em>, 1907 (Biblioth\u00e8que Sainte-Genevi\u00e8ve). (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/BSG_BR56996\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lire en ligne<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Pour aller plus loin en ligne<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"opa-dl\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cmbv.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Centre de musique baroque de Versailles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/imslp.org\/wiki\/Category:Rameau,_Jean-Philippe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Partitions de Rameau sur IMSLP<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Pour aller plus loin<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"opa-biblio\">\n<li>Cuthbert Girdlestone, <em>Jean-Philippe Rameau<\/em>, Descl\u00e9e de Brouwer, 1962.<\/li>\n<li>Sylvie Bouissou, <em>Jean-Philippe Rameau<\/em>, Fayard, 2014.<\/li>\n<li>Denis Diderot, <em>Le Neveu de Rameau<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Voir aussi <a href=\"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/les-grands-mouvements-de-la-musique\/\">Les grands mouvements de la musique<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/les-20-oeuvres-musicales-les-plus-celebres\/\">Les 20 \u0153uvres musicales les plus c\u00e9l\u00e8bres<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/la-musique\/\">La Musique<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/la-musique-francaise\/\">La Musique fran\u00e7aise<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/jean-sebastien-bach\/\">Jean-S\u00e9bastien Bach<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image d&rsquo;en-t\u00eate : L\u2019Op\u00e9ra royal du ch\u00e2teau de Versailles, inaugur\u00e9 en 1770 (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0) Soutenir mon travail \u00b7 Tout lire sans limite \u00b7 Mes livres Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), le savant et le po\u00e8te Organiste de province pendant la moiti\u00e9 de sa vie, th\u00e9oricien de g\u00e9nie qui fonda la science moderne de l\u2019harmonie, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31535,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31536","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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