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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.Christensen, Thomas is the author of 'Rameau and Musical Thought in the Enlightenment', published 2004 under ISBN 9780521617093 and ISBN 052161709X.
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