Michel-Paul-Gui de Chabanon wrote his Eloge de M. Rameau in October 1764, one month after the composer’s death. Far from being a mere occasional piece meant to give justice to a master and friend with a view to completing the anonymous « Essai d’éloge historique de feu M. Rameau » published shortly before in the Mercure de France, Chabanon’s text serves a double purpose: writing a memorial to Rameau by presenting him as a genius who has revolutionised music and theory, and by giving a first list of his works; departing from this legacy by defending ideas Chabanon was to develop twenty years later in De la musique considérée en elle-même [...] : a criticism of imitative music and a plea for instrumental music. The encomium is thus, paradoxically, an exercise in both admiration and distance.
Michel-Paul-Guy de Chabanon et ses contemporains
Raphaëlle Legrand
Université Paris IV-Sorbonne
Chabanon et Rameau : l'éloge paradoxal
Susanna Caviglia
Susanna Caviglia - MPG de Chabanon et JS Duplessis, un idéal de vérité
Bernard Camier
Bernard Camier - Musique et société coloniale, St Domingue à l'époque de Chabanon
Marie Demeilliez
Marie Demeilliez - Apollon, Momus, Perroquet, M Chabanon, danseur et musicien
Raphaëlle Legrand
Raphaëlle Legrand - Chabanon et Rameau
Ghyslaine Guertin
Ghyslaine Guertin - "Le cher papa Voltaire"
Adrian La Salvia
Adrian La Salvia - La vie du Dante
Cécile Champonnois
Cécile Champonnois - La magnificence de Sabinus
Laurine Quetin
Laurine Quetin - "Le beau et triste opera de Sabinus"
Sophie Le Ménahèze
Sophie Le Ménahèze - L'Epitre sur la manie des jardins anglais
Anne Barrault
Anne Barrault - Pierre Michel Hénin
Ora Saloman
Ora Saloman - Lacépède, Critical Contemporary of Chabanon
Akiko Koana
Akiko Koana - MPG de Chabanon et CG Körner
Tanehisa Otabe
Tanehisa Otabe - MPG de Chabanon et JA Hiller
B. Van Wymeersch
B. Van Wymeersch - Chabanon et l'âge d'or
David Gasche
David Gasche - L'octuor à vent de Beethoven
