Jean-Philippe Rameau

France, 1722–1764

French Baroque composer and theorist. His operas dominated the Paris stage, and his Treatise on Harmony (1722) set out the basis of modern chord theory.

MusicRoots documents 1 artist who influenced Jean-Philippe Rameau and 1 artist Jean-Philippe Rameau influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.

Who influenced Jean-Philippe Rameau?

• Jean-Baptiste Lully — Rameau's operas consciously continue and modernize the tragédie en musique Lully invented — the debate 'Lullistes vs Ramistes' framed his whole career.

Which artists did Jean-Philippe Rameau influence?

• Christoph Willibald Gluck — Gluck's operatic reform drew on the French tragédie lyrique tradition of Rameau, whose dramatic choruses and dances he absorbed in Paris.