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Le Neveu de Rameau
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DITED BY ARIAN OBSON RANSLATED BY ATE UNSTALL AND AROLINE ARMAN
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DENIS DIDEROT
RAMEAU’S NEPHEW
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LE NEVEU DE RAMEAU
Open Book Classics
Denis Diderot
Rameau’s Nephew
—
Le Neveu de Rameau
A Multi-Media Bilingual Edition
Edited by Marian Hobson
Translated by Kate E. Tunstall and Caroline Warman
Music researched and played by the
Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris
under the direction of Pascal Duc
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Contents
List of Musical Pieces vi
Preface to the Second Edition 1
by Marian Hobson
Rameau’s Nephew 15
translated by Kate E. Tunstall, Caroline Warman
Le Neveu de Rameau 99
French edition ed. by Georges Monval (Paris: Plon, 1891)
Notes 179
by Marian Hobson
List of Illustrations 235
Contributors 245
Acknowledgments 247
List of Musical Pieces
The music mentioned by Diderot in Rameau’s Nephew is French and
Italian, although Diderot was also well aware of the work of other foreign
composers, such as C.P.E. Bach. The pieces specially performed and
recorded for this multi-media edition were chosen to provide samples of
music or composers that are less well known today, or to give examples of
transcription, one of the principal ways that pieces came to be known and
played in a private setting at the time.
Throughout this book the musical note symbol 1♪ identifies when a
recording is available. To access these musical pieces either click on the
symbol or refer to the relevant endnote. If your device supports MP3 files
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de danse de Paris.
1♪ François-André Danican Philidor, L’Art de la modulation 180
[The Art of Modulation], extract:
Sixth suite: Sinfonia (Adagio — Allegro ma non troppo)
Clémentine Frémont, traverso
Josef Žák, violin
Tatsuya Hatano, violin
Rémy Petit, cello
Felipe Guerra, harpsichord
Recording available at http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0044.04
Score available at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b9057234b/
f2.image.r=l’art de la modulation.langEN
List of Musical Pieces vii
2 ♪ Jean-Philippe Rameau, Fêtes de Polymnie 188
[The Festivals of Polyhymnia], extract:
Air: ‘A la beauté tout cède sur la terre’
[Everything on earth gives way to beauty]
Dania El Zein, soprano
Rémy Petit, cello
Camille Ravot, harpsichord
Recording available at http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0044.05
Score available at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k398018b/f70.
image.r=fêtes de polymnie.langEN
3♪ Jean-Philippe Rameau, Fêtes de Polymnie 188
[The Festivals of Polyhymnia], extract:
Air: ‘Au vain plaisir de charmer…’
[To the empty pleasure of charming…]
Dania El Zein, soprano
Rémy Petit, cello
Camille Ravot, harpsichord
Recording available at http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0044.06
Score available at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k398018b/f145.
image.r=fêtes de polymnie.langEN
4 ♪ Jean-Philippe Rameau, Fêtes de Polymnie 189
[The Festivals of Polyhymnia], extract:
Air en rondeau: ‘Hélas, est-ce assez pour charmer…’
[Alas, in order to charm, is it enough…]
Dania El Zein, soprano
Rémy Petit, cello
Camille Ravot, harpsichord
Recording available at http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0044.07
Score available at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k398018b/f107.
image.r=fêtes de polymnie.langEN
5♪ Pietro Locatelli, Sonata op. VI no 5, extract: 191
Aria (Vivace)
Tania-Lio Faucon-Cohen, violin
Sarah Gron-Catil, cello
Camille Ravot, harpsichord
Recording available at http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0044.08
Score available at http://digital.blb-karlsruhe.de/id/1034692
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6♪ Domenico Alberti, Sonata for the fortepiano op. I no. 5, extract: 192
Andante — Allegro
Luca Montebugnoli, piano (Clarke/Lengerer)
Recording available at http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0044.09
Score available at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b9058374h/f15.
image.r=alberti.langEN
7♪ Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Stabat Mater, extract, transcribed 211
for solo violin by Johan Helmich Roman.
Tania-Lio Faucon-Cohen, violin
Recording available at http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0044.10
Score available at http://conquest.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/e/e5/
IMSLP14647-Roman_Stabat_Mater__arr_solo_violin_.pdf
8♪ Jean-Féry Rebel, Pieces for the violin, divided into suites 213
by keys, extract:
First suite in G-sol-ré: Allemande
Josef Žák, violin
Antoine Touche, cello
Loris Barrucand, harpsichord
Recording available at http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0044.11
Score available at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b90099503/
f9.image.r=Pièces pour le violon.langEN
9♪ Jean-Féry Rebel, Pieces for the violin, divided into suites 213
by keys, extract:
First suite in G-sol-ré: Prelude
Josef Žák, violin
Antoine Touche, cello
Loris Barrucand, harpsichord
Recording available at http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0044.12
Score available at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b90099503/
f7.image.r=Pièces pour le violon.langEN
10♪ Jean-Joseph Mouret, Les Amours de Ragonde, ou la soirée de village 215
[The Loves of Ragonde, subtitled An Evening in the Village], extract:
Bourrées I-II
Clémentine Frémont, traverso
Nicolay Sheko, oboe
List of Musical Pieces ix
Josef Žák, violin
Tatsuya Hatano, violin
Felipe Guerra, harpsichord
Rémy Petit, cello
Recording available at http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0044.13
Score available at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b9058670w/f24.
image.r=ragonde.langEN
11♪ Jean-Joseph Mouret, Les Amours de Ragonde, ou la soirée de village 216
[The Loves of Ragonde, subtitled An Evening in the Village], extract:
Air: ‘Accourez, jeunes garçons’ [Come running, young men]
Marie Soubestre, soprano
Sarah Gron-Catil, cello
Camille Ravot, harpsichord
Recording available at http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0044.14
Score available at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b9058670w/f23.
image.r=ragonde.langEN
12♪ Egidio Duni, Le Peintre amoureux de son modèle 218
[The Painter in Love with his Model], extract:
Arietta: ‘Dans le badinage, l’Amour se plait’
[Love is pleased with playfulness]
Marie Soubestre, soprano
Clémentine Frémont, traverso
Josef Žák, violin
Recording available at http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0044.15
Score available at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b9067334z/f64.
image.r=le peintre amoureux.langEN
13♪ Johann Adolf Hasse, Cléofide, extract: 220
Air: ‘Vuoi saper se tu mi piaci?’
[Do you want to know if I like you?]
Fiona McGown, mezzo
Josef Žák, violin
Rémy Petit, cello
Louis-Nöel Bestion de Camboulas, harpsichord
Recording available at http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0044.16
