Jean-Philippe Rameau
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Jean-Philippe Rameau was a French composer and music theorist of the late Baroque era. Regarded as one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the 18th century, he replaced Jean-
Jean-Philippe Rameau, by Jacques Aved, 1728
The Cathedral of Saint-Bénigne, Dijon
Bust of Rameau by Caffieri, 1760
Jean-Philippe Rameau in the timeline of French Baroque Composers.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
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Jean-Baptiste Lully was an Italian-French composer, dancer and instrumentalist, who is considered a master of the French Baroque music style. Best known for his operas, he spent most of his life worki
Jean-Philippe Rameau
…and music theorist of the late Baroque era. 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…
Portrait between 1650 and 1691
Jean-Baptiste Lully, around 1670
Nicolas de Poilly the Younger's painting of Titon du Tillet's French Parnassus, 1723
Portrait of Several Musicians and Artists by François Puget. The two main figures have been identified as Lully and the librettist Philippe Quinault. (Louvre)