Rameau’s Practice And The Change Of The Music Style Of Harmony

Rameau is a very important musician during the Baroque. He got the important position between the harmonic theory and practice.His famous work the Basic Principle of Harmony make him earn a good reputation among the musical scientist. He lives in the period of Baroque, it is the bridge between the Renaissance and the period of Classicism. Rameau’s harmonic theory have a significant effect on our studying and teaching, it is good for studying musical composeAt first, this paper analyzes the harmonic theory before Rameau’s, then describing the background in the Baroque, especially about art. Third, as for the contents of the Rameau’s harmonical theory and Rameau’s musical compose, I have detailed study. At last, I analyze the musical style’s change in the Baroque, we can’t express how important Rameau’ s harmonic theory it is. It have a positive influence on the harmony’s further study.