Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Jean Philippe Rameau

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a French composer Jean Philippe Rameau.
Last updated on November 18, 2024.
Jean Philippe Rameau

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 composer of his time for the harpsichord, alongside François Couperin.

Verse, singing, and speech have a common origin. — © Jean Philippe Rameau
Verse, singing, and speech have a common origin.
Rhythm and sounds are born with syllables.
Emphasis on the common emotive or affective origins of music and words in the first cries of humankind undermines words.
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