Music #336 - Jean-Philippe Rameau

Jean-Philippe Rameau  - 2 hours of Rameau at Louvre
​[ʒɑ̃filip ʁaˈmo];  (1683 – 1764)

One of the most important French composers and music theorists of the Baroque era, he replaced Jean-Baptiste Lully as the dominant composer of French opera.  He is also considered the leading French composer for the harpsichord of his time, alongside François Couperin.


Les Indes galantes / The Courtly Indies -  an opéra-ballet consisting of a prologue and 4 acts.

 - rondeau 

Orchestral suite (with score)
* Prologue
* Act 1 - Le Turc généreux  / The Gracious Turk
* Act 2 - Les Incas du Pérou / The Incas of Peru
* Act 3 - Les Fleurs / The Flowers
* Act 4 - Les Sauvages / The Savages of America

The premier menuet from Les Indes Galantes was used in the Marie Antoinette (2006) movie, when 15-year-old Louis-Auguste (future King Louis XVI) married 14-year-old Marie Antoinette from Austria.

Yes, both were beheaded in the subsequent French Revolution.

           
Castor et Pollux -  tragédies-lyriques - 5 acts
* Overture


Pièces de clavecin - harpsichord pieces
* New Suite

Source: Wikipedia