Jean-Phillippe Rameau was born in Dijon, France into a musical family. Since his early childhood, he learned how to play various instruments. At the beginning...

Jean-Phillippe Rameau was born in Dijon, France into a musical family. Since his early childhood, he learned how to play various instruments. At the beginning of his "Parisian years", he was known among his contemporaries mainly as a brilliant music theoretician, teacher and harpsichordist. Rameau began composing three collections of pieces for the harpsichord during these years. The collects are: Premier livre de pieces de clavecin, Pieces de clavecin avec une methode, and Nouvelles suites de pieces de clavecin. Rameau held a deep love for the harpsichord...so much that the majority of his compositions were for it.