sentences:  The music to these pieces was substantially complete and was performed in rehearsal but for various reasons - including censorship in the case of "Samson" - they were never publicly staged.Rameau also wrote a "divertissement" for Alexis Piron's play "Les courses de Tempé", which did appear at the theatre in 1734.The music to all these works has been almost completely lost, although there is evidence Rameau reused some of it in his later operas.