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Letter, 'Of harmonies' from Jean Philippe Rameau to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/2/84

Date: 18 September 1750

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Subject: Musicology

Read 10 January 1751

Reference number
L&P/2/84
Earliest possible date
18 September 1750
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Ink on paper
Page extent
12 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of harmonies' from Jean Philippe Rameau to the Royal Society, 18 September 1750, L&P/2/84, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_84/letter-of-harmonies-from-jean-philippe-rameau-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 16 September 2024

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