A leading composer of the fascinatingly ingrown French Baroque, Jean-Baptiste-Féry Rebel was, comparatively speaking, a musical progressive. He was baptized on April 18, 1666 into a musical Parisian family. His father, Jean Rebel, was a singer and probably a dancer in the court of Louis XIV, and his uncle was one of the King¹s chamber musicians. His elder sister Anne-Renée was also a singer (who married Michel-Richard de Lalande), and his younger Read more half-brother was a musician to the Prince of Monaco. Jean-Féry was the most famous of Jean¹s children. No doubt he was educated in music by his family.

By the age of eight he was taken to play violin before the King and his favorite composer, Lully, who were amazed at his abilities. It is also said that Lully played through and praised his first attempt at an opera. Rebel became a first violinist at the Académie Royale de Musique. In 1700 he was selected to join a group of musicians sent by the Count of Ayen to entertain at the wedding of Philip of Anjou in Spain, and five years later he was appointed a member of the select orchestra known as the Vingt-quatre violons du roi--The Twenty-Four Violins of the King.

He was also awarded the right to inherit the position of chamber composer for the king, which was held by his brother-in-law de Lalande, and did in fact assume it on de Lalande¹s death in 1718. He became the administrator of the Twenty-Four Violins, and often presided over larger groups that were sometimes employed for special occasions and ceremonies. In addition to his skill as a violinist, he was also a respected harpsichordist, and often played the continuo part in concerts of the Royal Académie. He became its maître de musique in 1716. In 1734 and 1735 he served as conductor for the leading Parisian concert series known as the Concerts Spirituels. After that he retired from active musical life. He died in Paris on January 2, 1747.

During his long life Rebel kept up with changes in musical style, and took note of the new instrumental genres emerging from Italy. He wrote mostly small vocal works up to about 1708. He then turned to chamber music, writing generally graceful pieces without extremely virtuosic demands. During this period he began writing string sonatas, making him one of the first French composers to do so.

In the final part of his career the wrote works he called "symphonies," which are actually works written to be choreographed and danced. Prince Carignan (Victor-Amadée of Savoy) coaxed him out of retirement in 1737 to write his most noteworthy composition, "Les Elemens" (The Elements). It begins with a striking idea, the playing of all the notes of the harmonic D minor scale. This, Rebel explained, was a representation of chaos. The music coalesces into a single tone, representing Earth. Each of the other three traditional elements has its own motive, and the entire work is organized around them.

In 1740 Rebel's son François conducted a retrospective concert of his father¹s work. He was considered an innovator in instrumental style and praised during his lifetime for having a good mixture of Italian fire and French tastefulness. Read less

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Rebel: Les Elemens Suite; Rameau: Castor et Pollux Suite / Gaigg, L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra

Release Date: 06/10/2014 Label: Cpo
Catalog: 777914 Number of Discs: 1

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Le Berger Poete / Lazarevitch, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien

Label: Alpha Productions Catalog: 332 Release Date: 06/09/2017 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Pierre Danican Philidor, Nicolas Chédeville, Jacques Hotteterre, Jean-Féry Rebel ...
Conductor: François Lazarevitch
Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien

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Le Parnasse Francais / Goebel, Musica Antiqua Cologne

Label: Archiv Produktion (Dg) Catalog: 002520002 Release Date: 07/22/2016 Number of Discs: 10
Composer: Marin Marais, Jean-Féry Rebel, François Couperin, Marc-Antoine Charpentier ...
Performer: Henk Bouman, Charles Medlam, Alan Curtis, Reinhard Goebel ...
Conductor: Reinhard Goebel
Orchestra/Ensemble: Musica Antiqua Cologne, Cologne Vocal Ensemble, Collegium Vocale ...

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Les Voyages de l'Amour / Ensemble Meridiana

Label: Chandos Catalog: 812 Release Date: 06/24/2016 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Jean-Féry Rebel, Michel Corrette
Orchestra/Ensemble: Ensemble Meridiana

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Rebel: Dance Suites & Sonatas / Eco dell'Anima

Label: Centaur Records Catalog: 3430 Release Date: 06/10/2016 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Jean-Féry Rebel
Orchestra/Ensemble: Eco dell'Anima

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Les Elements: Tempetes, Orages & Fetes Marines / Savall, Le Concert des Nations

Label: Alia Vox Catalog: 9914 Release Date: 01/08/2016 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Matthew Locke, Antonio Vivaldi, Marin Marais, Georg Philipp Telemann ...
Conductor: Jordi Savall
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations
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A Vivaldi Grand Tour / Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin

Label: Harmonia Mundi Catalog: 2908745 Release Date: 10/09/2015 Number of Discs: 3
Composer: Antonio Vivaldi, Jean-Féry Rebel, Antonio Caldara, Uri Rom ...
Performer: Midori Seiler, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Xenia Löffler, Georg Kallweit
Conductor: Georg Kallweit
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

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Le Fou De Flutes

Label: Little Village Catalog: 69081005 Release Date: 04/07/2015 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Antonio Vivaldi, Jean-Féry Rebel, Claude Clement
Performer: Midori Seiler, Clemens-Maria Nuszbaumer, Maurice Steger, Duilio Galfetti ...
Conductor: Diego Fasolis
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin, I Barocchisti

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Comedie et Tragedie - Lully, Marais, Rebel / Tempesta di Mare

Label: Chandos Catalog: 805 Release Date: 02/24/2015 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Jean-Baptiste Lully, Jean-Féry Rebel, Marin Marais
Orchestra/Ensemble: Tempesta di Mare

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Vivaldi: 4 Seasons; Rebel: Elements / Seiler, Akademie Fur Alte Musik Berlin

Label: Harmonia Mundi Catalog: 2902061 Release Date: 01/13/2015 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Antonio Vivaldi, Jean-Féry Rebel
Performer: Midori Seiler
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

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Le Parnasse Français / Goebel, Musica Antiqua Köln

Label: Archiv Produktion (Dg) Catalog: 415298 Release Date: 12/04/2014 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Jean-Féry Rebel, Jean-Marie Leclair, François Couperin, Michel Blavet ...
Conductor: Reinhard Goebel
Orchestra/Ensemble: Musica Antiqua Cologne

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Rebel: Les Elemens Suite; Rameau: Castor et Pollux Suite / Gaigg, L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra

Label: Cpo Catalog: 777914 Release Date: 06/10/2014 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Jean-Féry Rebel, Jean-Philippe Rameau
Conductor: Michi Gaigg
Orchestra/Ensemble: L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra
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Couperin: Les Nations; Rebel: Les Caracteres De La Danse / Florilegium

Label: Channel Classics Catalog: 33213 Release Date: 02/11/2014 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: François Couperin, Jean-Féry Rebel
Orchestra/Ensemble: Florilegium Ensemble
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Grand Tour / Trio Settecento

Label: Cedille Records Catalog: 1002 Release Date: 10/29/2013 Number of Discs: 4
Composer: Dario Castello, Alessandro Stradella, Biagio Marini, Arcangelo Corelli ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: Trio Settecento
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Portrait / Amandine Beyer

Label: Zig Zag Catalog: 325 Release Date: 07/30/2013 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Jean-Féry Rebel, Robert de Visée, Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, Arcangelo Corelli ...
Performer: Amandine Beyer, Marianne Muller [Viola da Gamba], Pascal Monteilhet, Edna Stern
Conductor: Amandine Beyer
Orchestra/Ensemble: L'Assemblée des Honnestes Curieux, Gli Incogniti
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Myths & Allegories

Label: Les Délices Catalog: 5638027287 Release Date: 11/10/2012 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Jean-Féry Rebel, Thomas-Louis Bourgeois, Michel Monteclair, E. Jacquet de La Guerre
Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Délices
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A Portrait - La Petite Band / Kuijken

Label: Accent Catalog: 24271 Release Date: 07/24/2012 Number of Discs: 3
Composer: Jean-Baptiste Lully, Jean-Féry Rebel, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Antonio Vivaldi ...
Performer: Howard Crook, Sigiswald Kuijken, Ewald Demeyere
Conductor: Sigiswald Kuijken
Orchestra/Ensemble: La Petite Bande

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A French Soiree / Trio Settecento

Label: Cedille Records Catalog: 129 Release Date: 11/15/2011 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Jean-Baptiste Lully, François Couperin, Marin Marais, Jean-Féry Rebel ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: Trio Settecento
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Vivaldi: 4 Seasons; Rebel: Elements / Seiler, AAM Berlin

Label: Harmonia Mundi Catalog: 902061 Release Date: 03/09/2010 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Antonio Vivaldi, Jean-Féry Rebel
Performer: Midori Seiler
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin
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The Original Sound Volume 2 / Christopher Hogwood

Label: L'oiseau Lyre Catalog: 443267 Release Date: 06/05/2009 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Thomas Augustine Arne, Georg Philipp Telemann, Jean-Féry Rebel, George Frideric Handel ...
Performer: Stephen Preston, Clare Shanks, Monica Huggett, Christopher Hogwood ...
Conductor: Christopher Hogwood
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music, Winchester College Chapel Choir, Winchester Cathedral Choir

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Rebel: Les Plaisirs Champetres, Etc / Cuiller, Arion

Label: Early-music.com Catalog: 7765 Release Date: 04/28/2009 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Jean-Féry Rebel
Conductor: Daniel Cuiller
Orchestra/Ensemble: Arion
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Les Caracteres De La Danse

Label: Raum Klang Catalog: 27044 Release Date: 09/19/2008 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Henry Purcell, Arcangelo Corelli, Jean-Féry Rebel, Tomaso Albinoni ...
Performer: Alfredo Bernardini
Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini
Orchestra/Ensemble: Harmony of Nations Baroque Orchestra

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[the Versailles Collection] - The Sun King's Paradise & Les Elemens / Palladian Ensemble

Label: Linn Records Catalog: 323 Release Date: 08/01/2008 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Marin Marais, Jean-Féry Rebel, Estienne Le Moine
Performer: Susanne Heinrich, William Carter, Rachel Podger, Pamela Thorby
Orchestra/Ensemble: Palladian Ensemble
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Rebel: Complete Trio Sonatas / Ensemble Rebel

Label: Dhm Deutsche Harmonia Mundi Catalog: 77382 Release Date: 12/27/2007 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Jean-Féry Rebel
Performer: Karen Marie Marmer, Gail Ann Schroeder, Pieter Dirksen, Jörg-Michael Schwarz
Orchestra/Ensemble: Ensemble Rebel
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Celebration - 10 Years Of Zig-zag Territoires

Label: Zig Zag Catalog: 3071001 Release Date: 10/09/2007 Number of Discs: 5
Composer: Jean-Féry Rebel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Claudio Monteverdi, Giovanni Bononcini ...
Performer: Ulrich Hübner, Frank Theuns, Marjan de Haer, Yoko Kaneko ...
Conductor: Jos van Immerseel, Françoise Lasserre, Chiara Banchini
Orchestra/Ensemble: Assemblées des Honnestes Curieux, Anima Eterna Orchestra, Akademia Ensemble ...

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Journey - A Baroque Sampler / Les Boréades

Label: Atma Classique Catalog: 1037 Release Date: 04/03/2007 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Henry Purcell, Pier Francesco Cavalli, Georg Philipp Telemann, Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi ...
Performer: Francis Colpron
Conductor: Francis Colpron
Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Boréades Montreal
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