Frère Jacques (Rameau, Jean-Philippe)

Authorship Note
Attributed to Jean-Philippe Rameau

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	1
First Publication	1772 ca. in F-Pn MS-1843, a manuscript appended to Louis Joseph Francoeur's Diapason général de tous les instrumens à vent 1811 in La clé du Caveau (first printed instance)
Genre Categories	Canons; For 4 equal voices; Scores featuring the voice; For unaccompanied voices; For 4 voices; French language; For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr)

Sheet Music

Complete Score
*#989662 - 0.42MB, 1 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 6×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Fynnjamin (2025/9/6)

Publisher. Info.	Manuscript, ca.1772.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Earliest known appearance, with attribution to Rameau. F-Pn MS-1843, manuscript appended to Diapason général de tous les instrumens à vent by Louis-Joseph Francoeur
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Complete Score
*#892140 - 1.54MB, 2 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C/V/C - 84×⇩ - Jurabe

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Jurabe (2024/1/3)

Publisher. Info.	Paris: Éditions de Montsouris, 1926.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	The old song Frère Jacques was published in the magazine Lisette, for young girls, 18th July 1926, in the section entitled Les chansons de Lisette, with instructions for its performance as a canon. See BnF for the complete issue. This odd page was found in the uploader's family archives. Contributors: Jean Farat and Tante Biscuit.
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NATHpiANo (2025/7/28)

Arranger	NATHpiANo
Publisher. Info.	NATHpiANo
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Work Title	Frère Jacques
Alternative. Title	Bruder Jakob; Brother John
Composer	Rameau, Jean-Philippe
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	IJR 59
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	1
First Publication.	1772 ca. in F-Pn MS-1843, a manuscript appended to Louis Joseph Francoeur's Diapason général de tous les instrumens à vent 1811 in La clé du Caveau (first printed instance)
Language	French
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Baroque
Piece Style	Classical
Instrumentation	4 equal voices
External Links	Wikipedia article
Extra Information	The eminent Jean-Philippe Rameau specialist, Sylvie Bouissou, is adamant that this very simple and well-loved tune was penned by one of the most famous composers and music theorists of the 18th century. See newspaper article (in French) which also presents a professional performance of the song via YouTube.