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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.
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Music is a science which should have definite rules; these rules should be drawn from an evident principle; and this principle cannot really be known to us without the aid of mathematics.
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Jean-Philippe Rameau
Born:
September 25, 1683
Died:
September 12, 1764
(aged 80)
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Jean-Philippe Rameau was one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the Baroque era.
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