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© Madeleine Boud & Thomas Bradley Bradley Thomas & Boud Madeleine

Rameau – Shall We Dance Possible Topics/Units of Study: Music; Music for Small Ensembles; Structure; Composition Techniques.

PROGRAM Selections Included in this pack: Rameau - Les Boreades (excerpt) Contredanse Très Vive Rameau - (excerpt) Les Sauvages Rameau - Hippolyte et Aricie (excerpts) Various

VOCABULARY: General – Ballet Dance Overture Motet

Dance types & Musical forms – 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