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Rameau and his work
Rameau competes unsuccessfully for the post of organist of the church of St Paul.
Birth of Claude-François Rameau, his first child.
Rameau writes to Houdar de La Motte detailing his skills, in the hope that the poet will provide him with a libretto, but without result.
Rameau living in rue des Deux-Boules (until 1730)
Rameau and his period
Birth of Mesdames Élisabeth and Henriette, the king's twin daughters.
Première in Venice of Vivaldi's Orlando furioso.
Handel becomes a British subject.
Première of Mouret's Les Amours des Dieux at the Académie royale de musique.
Birth of Noverre in Paris.
Début at the Académie royale de musique of the singer Mademoiselle Petitpas.