“My name is Jean-Philippe Rameau (French: [ʒɑ̃filip ʁamo]; 25 September 1683 – 12 September 1764). I was a French composer and music theorist. I’m regarded as one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the 18th century, I replaced Jean-Baptiste Lully as the dominant composer of French opera and I’m also considered the leading French composer of my time for the harpsichord, alongside François Couperin.”