Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764)
Editions
1533.Jean-Philippe Rameau. Opera omnia. Ed. director Sylvie Bouissou. Paris:
G. Billaudot, 1996–. M3 .R171.
In progress; projected 44v. Series 4 will include all the dramatic works in 31v.
Published: Les surprises de l’amour(1996), Achante et Céphise(1998), and
Zoroastre(1998). Each volume has a scholarly introduction in French and En-
glish, with discussion of editorial variants, sketches, versions, cuts, and textual
matters. When possible, each edition is based on a source of the first performance.
1534.Jean-Philippe Rameau: Oeuvres complètes. Paris: Durand, 1895–1924.
Reprint, New York: Broude, 1968. 18v. in 20. M3 .R25 B754.
All the stage works included. Each volume has extensive commentaries in
French, including production statistics as well as editorial issues.Bibliographies and Guides to Research
1535.Foster, Donald. Jean-Philippe Rameau: A Guide to Research.Garland Composer
Resource Manuals, 20. New York: Garland, 1989. xii, 292p. ISBN 0-8240-
5645-0. ML134 .R14 F7.
A valuable annotated bibliography of 711 entries, with a useful background
essay on Rameau research. Material on the Rameau revival is grouped sepa-
rately. Indexes of names, authors, and titles.Conferences
1536.Jean-Philippe Rameau: Colloque International Organisé par la Société
Rameau, Dijon, 21–24 septembre 1983: Actes.Ed. Jérome de La Gorce. Paris:
Champion, 1987. 605p. ISBN 2-85203-029-2. ML410 .R2 J43.
Consists of 42 papers from the conference. Contents are in Foster (#1535),
item 701. Neal Zaslaw on the operatic apprenticeship is entered here at
#1540. Other operatic essays include Jacques Morel, “Hippolyte et Ariciede
Rameau et Pellegrin dans l’histoire du mythe de Phèdre”; Jacques van den
Heuvel, “Platée, opéra-bouffe de Rameau au milieu du XVIIIe siècle”;
Nicholas McGegan and Gina Spagnoli, “Singing Style at the Opéra in the
Rameau Period”; Christian Berger, “Ein tableaudes Principe de l’harmonie:
Pygmalionvon Jean-Philippe Rameau”; and Nathalie Lecomte, “Les diver-
tissements dans les opéras de Rameau.”Collections of Essays
- Beaussant, Philippe, ed. Rameau de A à Z.Paris: Fayard, 1983. 399p. ISBN 2-
21301-277-6. ML410 .R2 R35.
Information in dictionary arrangement about the composer and his works, pre-
pared by 23 authors. Entries include names of persons, places, characters in the
operas, titles of musical and theoretical works, terms, and instruments. Each
opera has an entry, some of them extensive (Dardanushas 4Hpages). Opera
worklist (giving 18th-century performances), bibliography of about 150 titles.
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