Playable BooksJean-Philippe Rameau · section 1 of 109
TREATISE ON HARMONY · Reduced to Its Natural Principles
Read and hear this section in the playable edition →Divided into four books
BOOK I. On the relationships between harmonic ratios and proportions.
BOOK II. On the nature and properties of chords, and on everything that can help bring music to perfection.
BOOK III. Principles of composition.
BOOK IV. Principles of accompaniment.
By Monsieur RAMEAU, organist of the Cathedral of Clermont in Auvergne.
FROM THE PRINTING HOUSE
Of Jean-Baptiste-Christophe Ballard, sole printer to the King for music. In Paris, rue Saint Jean-de-Beauvais, at the Mont-Parnasse.
M. DCC. XXII. [1722]
WITH THE KING’S PRIVILEGE.