Traité de l’harmonie réduite à ses principes naturels
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Traité de l’harmonie réduite à ses principes naturels is an influential 1722 music theory treatise by Jean-Philippe Rameau that systematically formulates the foundations of tonal harmony.
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| Traité de l’harmonie réduite à ses principes naturels canonical | 2 |
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gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Traité de l’harmonie réduite à ses principes naturels Context triple: [Jean-Philippe Rameau, notableWork, Traité de l’harmonie réduite à ses principes naturels]
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De harmonia mundi
De harmonia mundi is a notable Christian Kabbalistic work that seeks to reconcile mystical Jewish traditions with Christian theology through a vision of cosmic harmony.
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B.
Discours sur les différentes figures des astres
Discours sur les différentes figures des astres is an 18th-century scientific treatise by Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis that examines the shapes of celestial bodies and supports the Newtonian theory of an oblate Earth.
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De institutione musica
De institutione musica is a foundational 6th-century Latin treatise that systematizes ancient Greek music theory and profoundly influenced medieval and Renaissance musical thought.
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Die Lehre von den Tonempfindungen
Die Lehre von den Tonempfindungen is Hermann von Helmholtz’s foundational 19th-century treatise on the physiological and psychological basis of musical tone and acoustics.
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E.
Traité de la lumière
Traité de la lumière is a seminal 1690 scientific treatise that presents Christiaan Huygens’ wave theory of light, including the principle now known as Huygens’ principle.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Traité de l’harmonie réduite à ses principes naturels Target entity description: Traité de l’harmonie réduite à ses principes naturels is an influential 1722 music theory treatise by Jean-Philippe Rameau that systematically formulates the foundations of tonal harmony.
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A.
De harmonia mundi
De harmonia mundi is a notable Christian Kabbalistic work that seeks to reconcile mystical Jewish traditions with Christian theology through a vision of cosmic harmony.
-
B.
Discours sur les différentes figures des astres
Discours sur les différentes figures des astres is an 18th-century scientific treatise by Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis that examines the shapes of celestial bodies and supports the Newtonian theory of an oblate Earth.
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C.
De institutione musica
De institutione musica is a foundational 6th-century Latin treatise that systematizes ancient Greek music theory and profoundly influenced medieval and Renaissance musical thought.
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D.
Die Lehre von den Tonempfindungen
Die Lehre von den Tonempfindungen is Hermann von Helmholtz’s foundational 19th-century treatise on the physiological and psychological basis of musical tone and acoustics.
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E.
Traité de la lumière
Traité de la lumière is a seminal 1690 scientific treatise that presents Christiaan Huygens’ wave theory of light, including the principle now known as Huygens’ principle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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music theory treatise ⓘ theoretical work ⓘ |
| approach |
rational and quasi-scientific explanation of harmony
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systematic formulation of tonal harmony ⓘ |
| author | Jean-Philippe Rameau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | French ⓘ |
| authorOccupation |
composer
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music theorist ⓘ |
| basedOn |
acoustical principles
ⓘ
harmonic series ⓘ |
| bookNumber |
Book I
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Book II ⓘ Book III ⓘ Book IV ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
chord inversion
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fundamental bass ⓘ natural principles of harmony ⓘ tonic–dominant–subdominant functions ⓘ triad as basic harmonic unit ⓘ |
| centuryOfPublication | 18th century ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| focusOfBookI | intervals and chords ⓘ |
| focusOfBookII | fundamental bass and chord succession ⓘ |
| focusOfBookIII | composition and accompaniment ⓘ |
| focusOfBookIV | practical applications and examples ⓘ |
| genre | theoretical treatise ⓘ |
| hasForm |
musical examples
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prose exposition ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Baroque era ⓘ |
| influencedField |
Western music theory
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tonal practice ⓘ |
| influenceOn |
18th-century composition pedagogy
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19th-century harmony textbooks ⓘ later functional harmony theories ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| notableFor |
first systematic theory of tonal harmony
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introduction of the concept of fundamental bass ⓘ linking harmony to natural acoustic phenomena ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1722 ⓘ |
| structure | four books ⓘ |
| subject |
harmony
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music theory ⓘ tonal harmony ⓘ |
| title | Traité de l’harmonie réduite à ses principes naturels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| translatedTitle | Treatise on Harmony Reduced to its Natural Principles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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