Biography
The towering figure of French Baroque music, Rameau was a theorist of harmony as well as a composer of operas and keyboard music. His three books of Pieces de clavecin contain some of the most inventive harpsichord writing of the period, including pictorial pieces, dance movements, and the technically demanding Pieces de clavecin en concerts. His Traite de l'harmonie (1722) laid the theoretical foundation for modern tonal analysis.
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Works (63)
Concert No. 1 in C minor, RCT 7 - Pieces de clavecin en concerts
- La Coullicam in C minor, RCT 7 Key C minor Difficulty
- La Livri in C minor, RCT 7 Key C minor Difficulty
- Le Vezinet in C major, RCT 7 Key C major Difficulty
Concert No. 2 in G major, RCT 8 - Pieces de clavecin en concerts
- La Laborde in G major, RCT 8 Key G major Difficulty
- La Boucon in G major, RCT 8 Key G major Difficulty
- L'Agacante in G major, RCT 8 Key G major Difficulty
- Menuets I & II en Rondeau in G major, RCT 8 Key G major Difficulty
Concert No. 3 in A major, RCT 9 - Pieces de clavecin en concerts
- La Lapopliniere in A major, RCT 9 Key A major Difficulty
- La Timide in A major, RCT 9 Key A major Difficulty
- Tambourins I & II en Rondeau in A major, RCT 9 Key A major Difficulty
Concert No. 4 in B♭ major, RCT 10 - Pieces de clavecin en concerts
- La Pantomime in B♭ major, RCT 10 Key B♭ major Difficulty
- L'Indiscrete in B♭ major, RCT 10 Key B♭ major Difficulty
- La Rameau in B♭ major, RCT 10 Key B♭ major Difficulty
Concert No. 5 in D minor, RCT 11 - Pieces de clavecin en concerts
- La Forqueray in D minor, RCT 11 Key D minor Difficulty
- La Cupis in D minor, RCT 11 Key D minor Difficulty
- La Marais in D minor, RCT 11 Key D minor Difficulty
Suite in A minor, RCT 1 - Premier livre de pieces de clavecin
- Prelude in A minor, RCT 1 Key A minor Difficulty
- Allemande I in A minor, RCT 1 Key A minor Difficulty
- Allemande II in A minor, RCT 1 Key A minor Difficulty
- Courante in A minor, RCT 1 Key A minor Difficulty
- Gigue in A minor, RCT 1 Key A minor Difficulty
- Sarabande I in A minor, RCT 1 Key A minor Difficulty
- Sarabande II in A minor, RCT 1 Key A minor Difficulty
- La Venitienne in A minor, RCT 1 Key A minor Difficulty
- Gavotte in A minor, RCT 1 Key A minor Difficulty
- Menuet in A minor, RCT 1 Key A minor Difficulty
Suite in A minor, RCT 5 - Nouvelles suites de pieces de clavecin
- Allemande in A minor, RCT 5 Key A minor Difficulty
- Courante in A minor, RCT 5 Key A minor Difficulty
- Sarabande in A minor, RCT 5 Key A minor Difficulty
- Les Trois Mains in A minor, RCT 5 Key A minor Difficulty
- Fanfarinette in A major, RCT 5 Key A major Difficulty
- La Triomphante in A major, RCT 5 Key A major Difficulty
- Gavotte et six doubles in A minor, RCT 5 Key A minor Difficulty
Suite in D major, RCT 3 - Pieces de clavecin (1724)
- Les Tendres Plaintes in D minor, RCT 3 Key D minor Difficulty
- Les Niais de Sologne in D minor, RCT 3 Key D minor Difficulty
- Les Soupirs in D minor, RCT 3 Key D minor Difficulty
- La Joyeuse in D major, RCT 3 Key D major Difficulty
- La Follette in D major, RCT 3 Key D major Difficulty
- L'Entretien des Muses in D minor, RCT 3 Key D minor Difficulty
- Les Tourbillons in D minor, RCT 3 Key D minor Difficulty
- Les Cyclopes in D minor, RCT 3 Key D minor Difficulty
- Le Lardon in D minor, RCT 3 Key D minor Difficulty
- La Boiteuse in D minor, RCT 3 Key D minor Difficulty
Suite in E minor, RCT 2 - Pieces de clavecin (1724)
- Allemande in E minor, RCT 2 Key E minor Difficulty
- Courante in E minor, RCT 2 Key E minor Difficulty
- Gigue en Rondeau I in E minor, RCT 2 Key E minor Difficulty
- Gigue en Rondeau II in E minor, RCT 2 Key E minor Difficulty
- Le Rappel des Oiseaux in E minor, RCT 2 Key E minor Difficulty
- Rigaudon I & II in E minor, RCT 2 Key E minor Difficulty
- Musette en Rondeau in E major, RCT 2 Key E major Difficulty
- Tambourin in E minor, RCT 2 Key E minor Difficulty
- La Villageoise in E minor, RCT 2 Key E minor Difficulty
Suite in G major/minor, RCT 6 - Nouvelles suites de pieces de clavecin
- Les Tricotets in G major, RCT 6 Key G major Difficulty
- L'Indifferente in G major, RCT 6 Key G major Difficulty
- Menuets I & II in G major, RCT 6 Key G major Difficulty
- La Poule in G minor, RCT 6 Key G minor Difficulty
- Les Triolets in G major, RCT 6 Key G major Difficulty
- Les Sauvages in G major, RCT 6 Key G major Difficulty
- L'Enharmonique in G minor, RCT 6 Key G minor Difficulty
- L'Egyptienne in G minor, RCT 6 Key G minor Difficulty
Other
- La Dauphine in D major, RCT 12 Key D major Difficulty
- Les Petits marteaux in A minor, RCT 12bis Key A minor Difficulty
- Menuet en Rondeau in C major, RCT 4 Key C major Difficulty