Rameau and Musical Thought in the Enlightenment
Thomas (University of Iowa) Christensen
Cambridge University Press, 2004
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This is the first intellectual biography of the French composer and theorist Jean-Philippe Rameau, who synthesised the vocabulary and grammar of musical practice into a concise scientific system, earning himself the popular title of 'Newton of the Arts'. The author examines Rameau's accomplishments in the context of the musical and intellectual thought of the eighteenth century.
- ISBN-13
- 9780521617093
- ISBN-10
- 052161709X
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 2004
- Publication date
- 2004-12-16
- Pages
- 348
- Dimensions
- 245x190x19
- Weight
- 678