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Rameau

American  
[ra-moh] / raˈmoʊ /

noun

  1. Jean Philippe 1683–1764, French composer and musical theorist.


Rameau British  
/ ramo /

noun

  1. Jean Philippe (ʒɑ̃ filip). 1683–1764, French composer. His works include the opera Castor et Pollux (1737), chamber music, harpsichord pieces, church music, and cantatas. His Traité de l'harmonie (1722) was of fundamental importance in the development of modern harmony

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The problem is "grid congestion", says Kees-Jan Rameau, chief executive of Dutch energy producer and supplier Eneco, 70% of whose electricity generation is now solar and wind.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025

"Often consumers want to install a heat pump, or charge their electric vehicle at home, but that requires a much bigger power connection, and increasingly they just cannot get it," says Mr Kees-Jan Rameau.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025

At Eneco's headquarters in Rotterdam, Mr Kees-Jan Rameau highlights a large control panel that the company calls its "virtual power plant" and "the brain of our operations".

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025

Rameau said the messages were not written in Ana’s style and she would never leave with a stranger.

From Seattle Times • May 6, 2024

In this respect the 2 + 1 triplet has become as habitual to post-jazz popular song as the unwritten notes inegales were to the dance music of Lully and Rameau.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall