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A masterpiece by Jean-Philippe Rameau. Popular classical music.

Representative, Elysion Philharmonic Orchestrasai-kisaragi
Heisei College of Music, Composition Course. Studied composition and conducting under Keizo Ideta, piano under Chinami Kira, and arts management under Takuma Konishi. With a focus on community and music, I work to revitalize my hometown of Saga Prefecture. While performing as a double bassist with wind ensembles and orchestras across Kyushu, I participated on double bass in the “Orchestra Without Borders” orchestra camp of the professional game and anime music ensemble Eminence Orchestra, held in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture in September 2012. During CAPCOM’s Kyushu Tour in 2016, I not only performed as an orchestra member but also served on the production staff. I currently serve as the managing representative for the game and anime performance groups Elysion Philharmonic Orchestra (Saga Prefecture) and Fukuoka Game Music Wind Orchestra (Fukuoka Prefecture), and handle conducting, arranging, and public relations.

When it comes to great French composers of the Baroque era, Jean-Philippe Rameau stands out.

Rameau earned high acclaim for the grand motet—a church vocal form featuring a rich, relatively large ensemble—and for his opera Les Indes galantes.

His music naturally fits the movements of ballet, and he is hailed as the greatest composer of ballet music before Stravinsky.

This time, I have gathered quintessentially Baroque pieces by Rameau, including harpsichord (clavecin) masterpieces and selections from his operas.

I hope you will give them a listen.

Masterpieces by Jean-Philippe Rameau. Popular classical music (31–40)

Symphony of ImaginationJean-Philippe Rameau

Rameau – Une symphonie imaginaire

Symphony of ImaginationJean-Philippe Rameau

Les Musiciens du Louvre is a world-renowned period-instrument baroque orchestra, founded in France in 1982 and based in Grenoble, known for its performances of baroque music and baroque opera.

This “imaginary symphony” by the baroque orchestra offers listeners a supreme experience through its refined, harmoniously woven melodies.

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Harpsichord Pieces and Fingering, No. 1 (Suite No. 2), TambourinRameau

Pièces de clavecin, Book I – Suite No. 2: “Tambourin” : Composed by Rameau / Tambourin : Rameau

Harpsichord Pieces and Fingering, No. 1 (Suite No. 2), TambourinRameau

A work by the French composer Jean-Philippe Rameau, a contemporary of Johann Sebastian Bach, who represents the Baroque era.

In Rameau’s time, the piano had not yet been invented.

Therefore, this piece is an etude for the harpsichord (also known as the clavecin), the predecessor of the piano.

If you want to improve your trills and ornamentation, or if you’d like to take on Baroque-era repertoire, definitely give it a try!

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In conclusion

How was it? We’ve brought you masterpieces by Jean-Philippe Rameau, a French composer of the Baroque era.

You probably heard many quintessentially Baroque pieces and famous opera numbers.

Although Rameau was also an organist, he was a late bloomer as a composer, beginning in earnest only after his forties.

However, he was deeply devoted to musical scholarship, and he is known for systematically theorizing functional harmony and tonality using concepts such as the fundamental bass and inversions—foundations for the theory pursued by today’s aspiring classical composers.

Since he originally studied law, he must have been exceptionally intelligent as well.

Please continue to explore many of Rameau’s works.