Birthday: 1683-09-25
Deathday: 1764-09-12
Place of Birth: France

Jean-Philippe Rameau

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Jean-Philippe Rameau (25 September 1683 – 12 September 1764) was a French Baroque 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.

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