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Composer

Georg Philipp Telemann

German composer

1681–1767

1,316 works and musical collections

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Born
1681
Died
1767
Birthplace
Magdeburg
Place of death
Hamburg
Citizenship / historical state
Holy Roman Empire
Period (estimated from birth year)
Baroque

Biography

Telemann wrote more music than any other composer in history — well over three thousand works — and he wrote a great deal of it deliberately for competent amateurs, which makes him unusually useful to anyone who is not a professional.

The recorder and flute sonatas, the Fantasias for solo flute and for violin, and the trio sonatas are the core of it, and they sit at a difficulty where a good amateur can play them properly rather than approximately. The Tafelmusik collections are the same music at chamber scale.

Almost everything is out of copyright and freely available, but continuo realisations vary in quality enormously and a bad one makes the music sound stiff. For anything you intend to perform, the realisation is what you are paying a modern edition for.

Life and musical career

Occupations
classical composer; chapelmaster; organist; composer; independent publisher; conductor
Education
Leipzig University; Lessing-Gymnasium
Instruments played
organ
Movements
Baroque music
Selected notable works
Water Music; Emma und Eginhard; Germanicus; Der neumodische Liebhaber Damon; Der geduldige Socrates; Sieg der Schönheit; Orpheus; Miriways; Flavius Bertaridus; Don Quichotte auf der Hochzeit des Comacho; Viola concerto in G major; Concerto for 2 violas
Pseudonym
Georgio Melande; Melante
Languages used
German
VIAF ID
71579513
ISNI
0000000109144172
GND ID
11862119X
Library of Congress ID
n79117028
MusicBrainz ID
8f831f50-e409-47c3-8598-71a61bc8cfb3

Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments
Piano, Flute, Continuo, violin, Recorder
Genres represented
Classical, pop
Source entries with composition dates
12

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Catalogue

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Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.

Works and musical collections with sheet music details
Title Work details Listed instruments Sheet music
Minuet See work details
  • Piano
  • Guitar
  • violin
3 more instruments
  • Clarinet
  • Recorder
  • Viola
Classical
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Concerto in G Major - Violin 2
Key in title
G major
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Telemann: Twenty Little Fugues See work details
  • Organ
Classical
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Fantasia No. 8 in A minor (Third Dozen)
Key in title
A minor
  • Piano
Classical
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Dolce See work details
  • Flute
  • Oboe
  • Recorder
1 more instruments
  • Tenor Saxophone
Classical
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Allegro See work details
  • Piano
  • Organ
  • Flute
8 more instruments
  • violin
  • Horn
  • Clarinet
  • Trombone
  • Trumpet
  • Tuba
  • Recorder
  • Euphonium
Classical
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Canonic Sonatas, book I See work details See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Canonic Sonatas, book I-II See work details See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Canonic Sonatas, book II See work details See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Telemann: Fantasies for Piano See work details
  • Piano
Classical
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Telemann: Twelve Easy Chorale Preludes See work details
  • Organ
Classical
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Minuet No. 10 (From "Sept Fois Sept Et Un") See work details
  • Piano
  • Guitar
  • Voice
1 more instruments
  • Vocal
Classical
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"Fantasia in A minor, 3rd Dozen, No. 8: 2nd movement, Minuetto"
Key in title
A minor
  • Piano
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5. Sonatina V - IV Allegro See work details
  • harpsichord
Classical
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Passepied
Year composed
1733 or before
  • Piano
  • violin
Classical
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Burlesque de Quichotte See work details
  • strings
  • Continuo
Classical
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Three Movements from "12 Fantasias"
Year composed
1733 ca.
See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
"Vivace from Sonata in G minor, TWV 41:G5"
Key in title
G minor
  • Piano
  • Flute
Classical
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Sonata VI in C Major, TWV 41: C 5
Key in title
C major
  • Piano
  • Organ
Classical
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Telemann: Nine Chorale Variations See work details
  • Organ
Classical
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1. Die Wurde See work details
  • Piano
Classical
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22. Sonntag nach Trinitatis: Erhalte mich, o Herr, in deinem Werke (Querflote) See work details
  • Voice
Classical
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Gigue See work details
  • Piano
  • Organ
  • Flute
3 more instruments
  • Recorder
  • Cornet
  • Saxophone
Classical
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3. Sonatina V - II Vivace See work details
  • harpsichord
Classical
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Fantasia in D See work details
  • Guitar
Classical
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Bourree See work details
  • Piano
  • Organ
  • Guitar
6 more instruments
  • Cello
  • Flute
  • Oboe
  • violin
  • Bassoon
  • Clarinet
Classical
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IV. Fantasie in A minor
Key in title
A minor
  • Trombone
Classical
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IX. Fantasie in D minor
Key in title
D minor
  • Trombone
Classical
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XII. Fantasie in B minor
Key in title
B minor
  • Trombone
Classical
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"Cantabile from Sonatina No. 6 in F, TWV 41:F1" See work details
  • Piano
  • violin
Classical
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Fantasia X: A Tempo Giusto See work details See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Loure See work details
  • Piano
Classical
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Grazioso See work details
  • Piano
  • Organ
  • Clarinet
Classical
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Oboe Sonata in G minor TWV 41:g10
Key in title
G minor
  • Basso continuo
  • Oboe
Classical
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Sonata in C Minor
Key in title
C minor
  • Piano
  • Cello
  • Flute
2 more instruments
  • violin
  • Viola
Classical
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I. Siciliana See work details
  • Piano
  • Flute
  • Oboe
Classical
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Rigaudon See work details
  • Piano
  • Cello
Classical
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3. Sonatina 3 - II Vivace See work details
  • harpsichord
Classical
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4. Sonatina V - III Adagio See work details
  • harpsichord
Classical
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Fantasia in C Major
Key in title
C major
  • Flute
Classical
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Vi See work details
  • Flute
  • Oboe
  • Bassoon
1 more instruments
  • Clarinet
Classical
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Pastorale TWV 41:E 3 (Flote, Bc) See work details
  • Flute
Classical
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Fantasia in A Minor
Key in title
A minor
See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Fantasia F-sharp m See work details
  • Piccolo
Classical
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Passe Pied See work details
  • Piano
  • Cello
  • Oboe
7 more instruments
  • violin
  • Horn
  • Piccolo
  • Cornet
  • Flexible Instrument
  • Viola
  • Tenor Saxophone
Classical
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Concerto In G Major
Year composed
1716-21
Key in title
G major
  • Piano
  • violin
  • Viola
Classical
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Duet Sonata No. 2 in G major
Key in title
G major
  • Piano
  • Flute
Classical
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Vite In Bb See work details
  • Piano
  • Organ
Classical
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Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. The biography above is our own. Authority record: VIAF 71579513. Portrait: Valentin Daniel Preisler, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.