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Generation Harmonique
Author: Jean-Phillipe Rameau (French, 1683-1764)
Publisher: Prault, Paris
Date: 1737
First edition of Rameau's Harmonique ou Trait de Musique
Theorique et Pratique. 13 pp. of Table des Matieres and Table Alphabetique
des Terms, 4 pp. of Extrait des Registres de l'Acadmie Royales des Sciences,
and privilege. 12 folding plates of musical examples. 8vo, modern quarter-calf,
marbled boards.
Rameau was more concerned to win renown through his theoretical works than
his compositions, and he sought approval fromthe learned for his treatises.
This work was submitted to the Academie des Sciences to favorable approval.
Dimensions: 12.5x19.7cms
Condition: Some browning; plates water stained. Otherwise a nice copy.
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availability and pricing.
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