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Composer of the Week - Jean-Philippe Rameau

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Donald Macleod explores the life and works of French Baroque composer Jean-Philippe Rameau, whose revolutionary Treatise on Harmony still forms the basis of much music theory teaching today

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Composer of the Week - Jean-Philippe Rameau - Episode 1

Donald Macleod considers the composer's first 50 years, which for the most part are shrouded in mystery.

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Composer of the Week - Jean-Philippe Rameau - Episode 2

Rameau is best known for his operas, yet he didn't write his first, Hippolyte et Aricie, until he was nearly 50. Donald Macleod investigates.

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Composer of the Week - Jean-Philippe Rameau - Episode 3

Donald Macleod continues his exploration with music composed for the wedding in 1745 of the Dauphin to Maria-Theresa of Spain.

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Composer of the Week - Jean-Philippe Rameau - Episode 4

Donald Macleod introduces a complete performance of Rameau's acte de ballet Pygmalion, which was an instant hit with the Parisian public.

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Composer of the Week - Jean-Philippe Rameau - Episode 5

Donald Macleod devotes his final programme to Rameau's final opera Les Boreades, which had to wait almost 300 years for its first staging.

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