Composer
Georg Philipp Telemann
1681–1767
1,330 works in the index
- Born
- 1681
- Died
- 1767
- Birthplace
- Magdeburg
- 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.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Piano, Flute, Continuo, violin, Recorder
- Genres represented
- Classical, pop
- Works with composition dates
- 12 of 1,330
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Works page 10 of 28
Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.
| Work | Year composed | Catalogue / opus | Key in title | Listed instruments | Genre | Editions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quartet No. 3 in A major - From "6 Quartets or Trios" - TWV 43: A 2 | — | — | A major | — | Classical | 1 |
| Sonata VI - Piano Score | — | — | — | Piano, Horn, Euphonium | Classical | 2 |
| Sonata No. 6 - Score | — | — | — | Continuo | Classical | 2 |
| Sonata Op. 2 No. 2 Bb Major | — | Op. 2 No. 2 | — | — | Classical | 1 |
| Sonata Op. 2 No. 5 - Score | — | Op. 2 No. 5 | — | Continuo | Classical | 2 |
| Menuet No. 2 | — | — | — | Continuo | Classical | 1 |
| Menuet No. 3 - Score and Parts | — | — | — | Continuo | Classical | 2 |
| Menuet No. 4 - Preface | — | — | — | Continuo | Classical | 2 |
| Menuet No. 5 - Flute/Oboe/Violin | — | — | — | Continuo | Classical | 2 |
| Menuet No. 6 - Cello/Continuo | — | — | — | Continuo | Classical | 2 |
| Triosonate g minor | — | — | — | Cello, violin, Continuo, Viola da gamba | Classical | 1 |
| Sonata e minor | — | — | — | Continuo | Classical | 1 |
| Fuga seconda D Major TWV 30:22 | — | — | — | — | Classical | 1 |
| Fuga quarta d minor TWV 30:24 | — | — | — | — | Classical | 1 |
| Fuga sesta F Major TWV 30:26 - Piano | — | — | — | — | Classical | 1 |
| Menuette 5 - 7 in c minor | — | — | C minor | Continuo, Recorder | Classical | 1 |
| Concerto for Four Horns - Horn 3 | — | — | — | — | Classical | 1 |
| Quartet in G major - Violin 1 | — | — | G major | — | Classical | 1 |
| Trio Sonata in C Major - Violin/Flute 1 - Violin 1 or Flute | — | — | C major | — | Classical | 1 |
| Sonata in C Major - from "Der Getreue Music-Meister" | — | — | C major | Oboe, Continuo | Classical | 1 |
| Quartet No. 2 in E minor - From "6 Quartets or Trios" - TWV 43: e 3 | — | — | E minor | — | Classical | 1 |
| Sonata VI - Set of Parts | — | — | — | Piano, Horn, Euphonium | Classical | 2 |
| Menuet No. 1 | — | — | — | Continuo | Classical | 1 |
| Sonata C Major - Score | — | — | — | Continuo, Recorder | Classical | 2 |
| Menuett and Gavotte | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 1 |
| Four short Pieces | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 1 |
| Menuets 36 - 39 A Major | — | — | — | Continuo, Recorder | Classical | 1 |
| Menuette 12 - 14 in d minor | — | — | D minor | Continuo, Recorder | Classical | 1 |
| Menuette 19 - 21 in e minor | — | — | E minor | Continuo, Recorder | Classical | 1 |
| Menuette 26 - 28 in f minor | — | — | F minor | Continuo, Recorder | Classical | 1 |
| Menuette 33 -35 in g minor | — | — | G minor | Continuo, Recorder | Classical | 1 |
| Menuette 43 - 46 in Bb Major | — | — | B-flat major | Continuo, Recorder | Classical | 1 |
| Menuette 50 in Bb Major | — | — | B-flat major | Continuo, Recorder | Classical | 1 |
| Quartet No. 5 in A minor - From "6 Quartets or Trios" - TWV 43: a 1 | — | — | A minor | — | Classical | 1 |
| Little Fantasia No.10 - Piano | — | — | — | — | Classical | 1 |
| Sonata D major | — | — | — | Flute, Continuo | Classical | 1 |
| Sonata F Major - Score | — | — | — | violin, Continuo | Classical | 2 |
| Menuett and Gavotte - Score | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 2 |
| Concerto C Major | — | — | — | harpsichord, Recorder | Classical | 1 |
| Concerto for Four Horns - Score and Parts | — | — | — | — | Classical | 2 |
| Sonata In B Flat - Score and Parts | — | — | — | Piano, Tuba | Classical | 1 |
| Concerto g minor BWV 985 - Keyboard | — | BWV 985 | — | Keyboard | Classical | 1 |
| Little Fantasia No.11 - Piano | — | — | — | — | Classical | 1 |
| Sonata a quattro in C Major | — | — | C major | — | Classical | 1 |
| Sonata Op. 2 No. 1 F Major | — | Op. 2 No. 1 | — | — | Classical | 1 |
| Fuga prima g minor TWV 30:21 | — | — | — | — | Classical | 1 |
| Fuga terza C Major TWV 30:23 | — | — | — | — | Classical | 1 |
| Fuga quinta e minor TWV 30:25 | — | — | — | — | Classical | 1 |
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.