Rameau: Dardanus
1739 Version
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- Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
- Editors: Cécile Davy-Rigaux, Denis Herlin, Sylvie Bouissou
- Instrumentation: Opera
- Work: Dardanus, RCT 35
- Work Language: French
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- Size: 7.5 x 10.6 inches
- Pages: 434
- Urtext / Critical Edition
Description
The first version of "Dardanus", which was performed at the end of 1739, was composed apparently in only six months and marks a particularly productive phase in Rameau's career. in a period of only six years five of his major works were performed at the Académie Royale de Musique in Paris. The theme is taken from Greek mythology: The opera describes the war between Teucer (the future founder of Troy), his Phrygian people and the army of Dardanus.