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Rameau and his work
Rameau receives 60,000 livres from Jean-François Laborde, representing the sum owed to him since 13 November 1739, which should have been repaid within three years.
Première of Les Paladins at the Académie royale de musique.
First revival of Dardanus (second version) at the Académie royale de musique.
Code de musique pratique published in Paris.
Nouvelles réflexions sur le principe sonore published in Paris.
Rameau and his period
Birth of Cherubini in Florence.
Gossec composes his Missa pro defunctis.
Première of Le Prince de Noisy by Rebel and Francœur at the Académie royale de musique.
Première of Dauvergne's Canente at the Académie royale de musique.
Death of Colin de Blamont.
Francœur succeeds Colin de Blamont as surintendant of the Musique de la Chambre.
Noverre's Lettres sur la danse et sur les ballets published in Lyon.