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Jean-Philippe Rameau
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“Therefore we well observe that the title of perfect cadence is attached only to a dominant that progresses to the main tone, because this dominant, which is naturally contained within the harmony of the main tone, seems, when it progresses to it, to return as if to its source.”
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764) first seen 1726 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Jean-Philippe Rameau (1726). Nouveau système de musique théorique, p. 59. Paris.
“In f-major, c* [a C major chord] is a sonority contained within the overtones of the tonic f* [a F major chord].”
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764) said by 1764 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Cacher l’Art par l’Art lui même. Conceal Art by Art itself.”
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764) first seen 1727 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lettre à Houdar de la Motte, 1727.