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318 - RAMEAU (Jean-Philippe).

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€250 - 350

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25%

RAMEAU (Jean-Philippe). Nouvelles réflexions de M. Rameau sur sa démonstration du principe de l'harmonie, servant de base à tout l'art musical théorique & pratique. Paris, Durand, Pissot, 1752. In-8, [4]-85-[2] pp. First edition. Handwritten signature to title ""Hocquel [ou Hocquet?] pour lautheur"". Bound at the end: - RAMEAU (Jean-Philippe), Extrait d'une réponse de M. Rameau à M. EULER sur l'identité des octaves, d'où résultent des vérités d'autant plus curieuses qu'elles n'ont pas encore été soupçonnées. Paris, Durand, 1753. [4]-41 pp. First edition. - ROUSSEAU (Jean-Jacques), Lettre sur la musique françoise. Second edition. Sl, sn, 1753. [8]-92 pp. - BONNEVAL (René de)], Lettre d'un hermite à J. J. Rousseau, de Genève. sl, sn, April 1753. 11 pp. First edition. Some foxing. (Barbier II, 1154.) - CAZOTTE], Observations sur la Lettre de J. J. Rousseau, au sujet de la Musique Françoise. Sl, sn, 1753. 19 pp. (Barbier III, 620, casts doubt on this attribution). - OZY (under the anagram YZO)], Lettre sur celle de M. J. J. Rousseau citoyen de Genève, sur la musique. Sl, sn, 1753. In-12, 24 pp. (Quérard, supercheries litt., III, 1014.) - MORAND (Pierre de)], Justification de la musique françoise. Contre la Querelle qui lui a été faite par un Allemand [Grimm] & un Allobroge [Rousseau]. Adressée par elle-même au Coin de la Reine le jour qu'avec Titon & l'Aurore elle s'est remise en possession de son Théâtre. La Haye, sn, 1754. [4]-viii-55 pp. (Barbier II, 1059.) Pastiche binding in havana marbled basane, smooth spine decorated. Interesting collection of seven pieces relating to the Querelle des Bouffons (1752-1754), which broke out in Paris after the Italian troupe's performances of Pergolesi's La Serva padrona, pitting the supporters of Italian music, backed by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and philosophers, against the defenders of the French lyrical tradition originating with Jean-Baptiste Lully. Behind the musical polemic, fueled by a multitude of pamphlets, there was in fact a wider debate on tastes, court culture and the emergence of a simpler, more popular art form, which heralded the development of opéra-comique.

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Bibliophilia - Books & Autographs
Tuesday, November 10
11:00 AM
17, rue de la Grange Batelière
75009 Paris, France

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