Jean-Philippe Rameau

"Therefore we well observe that the title of perfect cadence is attached only to a dominant that progresses to the main tone, because this dominant, which is naturally contained within the harmony of the main tone, seems, when it progresses to it, to return as if to its source."

"In f-major, c* [a C major chord] is a sonority contained within the overtones of the tonic f* [a F major chord]."

"Cacher l’Art par l’Art lui même. Conceal Art by Art itself."

"Though he was no judge of librettos, Jean-Philippe Rameau raised the musical side of opera to a new level and in his ballets introduced many novel descriptive effects – the French loved these – such as the earthquake in Les Indes galantes."

""Ich habe nie aufgehört, Ravel als den größten Meister der französischen Musik neben Rameau und Debussy anzusehen"