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Rameau – Shall We Dance

Possible Topics/Units of Study: Baroque Music; Music for Small Ensembles; Structure; Composition Techniques.

PROGRAM Selections Included in this pack: Rameau - Les Boreades (excerpt) Contredanse Très Vive Rameau - Les Indes Galantes (excerpt) Les Sauvages

Rameau - Hippolyte et Aricie (excerpts) Various

VOCABULARY: General – Ballet Dance Harpsichord Overture Cantata Motet Dance types & Musical forms – Gavotte Musette Rigaudon Tambourin Minuet Rondeau Score Markings –

tr (trill) slur tie accidental () Mordent/turn appoggiatura/grace note

WEB LINKS: Baroque Music and Dance Music of the time - http://www.baroquemusic.org/index.html - Baroque music site (general). http://baroquedance.info/what.html - What is Baroque Dance? http://musiced.about.com/od/historyofmusic/a/baroquesuite.htm - the Baroque Dance Suite. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/dihtml/diessay4.html - Baroque Dance. General information about Rameau - http://www.baroquemusic.org/bqxrameau.html - Biog. of Rameau.

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=170CpILluzUC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false – Book about Rameau http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jean-philippe-rameau-mn0000930018 - Biog by AllMusic.com http://www.musicacademyonline.com/composer/biographies.php?bid=38 – Music Academy online Rameau’s composition style and some free sheet music - http://www.free-scores.com/Download-PDF-Sheet-Music-Jean-Philippe-Rameau.htm - Free sheet music by Rameau. http://www.ic.unicamp.br/~tachard/docs/sbcm2009.pdf - Article analysing Rameau’s compositional style/techniques. http://classes.berklee.edu/mbierylo/ICMC08/defevent/papers/cr1516.pdf - article about Rameau’s harmonic analysis. http://courses.ttu.edu/musictheory/MUTH5320-H.O.T.II/HOT2Readings/ChristensenRameau5.pdf - Rameaus & Musical Thought in the Enlightenment. YouTube video clips and recordings of the Rameau repertoire - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zegtH-acXE - Uploaded by Ambasciatrice on Dec 20, 2006 Les Indes Galantes Les Sauvages http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m0WVfiKAwo - Uploaded by tnsnamesoralong on Jul 17, 2011 Les Indes Galantes – Excerpts with Score to follow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb8hMPKyu-k - Uploaded by HymenKaro on Jan 2, 2010 Rameau - Abaris ou les Boreades - Contredanse en rondau http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD5EThlwzi8 - Uploaded by PalmideArtaserse on Nov 1, 2011 Jean-Philippe Rameau - Les Boréades - Contredanse très vive

To receive the remainder of these notes and Project Rameau scores, book your school group into the

Project Rameau Schools’ Matinee performance at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre.

Fri 12 Jul, 11am-12.30pm | The Playhouse, QPAC

Bookings: qpac.com.au