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Portrait of Georg Philipp Telemann

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

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

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
Fantaisie No. 1 in C minor Performed by Georg Philipp Telemann
Key in title
C minor
  • Piano
Classical
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Fantasia VIII: Largo See work details See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonata III in F Minor, TWV 41: f 1
Key in title
F minor
  • Piano
  • Organ
Classical
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Fantasie No.10 In F Sharp Minor
Key in title
F-Sharp minor
  • Flute
Classical
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Fantasie No.2 In A Minor
Key in title
A minor
  • Flute
Classical
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Sonata in G Major
Key in title
G major
  • Piano
  • Cello
  • Flute
1 more instruments
  • violin
Classical
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Sonata In Bb Major
Key in title
B-flat major
  • Piano
  • Flute
Classical
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Oculi: Wandelt in der Liebe (Querflote und Violine) See work details
  • Voice
Classical
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Cantate: Ew'ge Quelle, milder Strom (Querflote) See work details
  • Voice
Classical
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Fantasia See work details
  • Piano
  • Organ
  • violin
Classical
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Vivace from Sonata in F Major for flute
Key in title
F major
  • Piano
  • Flute
  • Bassoon
1 more instruments
  • Clarinet
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16. Sonatina 4 - III Adagio See work details
  • harpsichord
Classical
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Fantasia in B Minor
Key in title
B minor
  • Piano
  • Flute
Classical
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Fantasia in E Major
Key in title
E major
  • Flute
Classical
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Sonata In G Minor, Op. 5
Catalogue / opus
Op. 5
Key in title
G minor
  • Flute
  • violin
  • Continuo
Classical
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Fantasia In D Minor, TWV 40:7
Key in title
D minor
  • Flute
Classical
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Sonata In A Minor, Op. 5
Catalogue / opus
Op. 5
Key in title
A minor
  • Piano
  • Flute
  • Oboe
1 more instruments
  • violin
Classical
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I See work details
  • Flute
  • Oboe
  • Bassoon
1 more instruments
  • Clarinet
Classical
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V See work details
  • Flute
  • Oboe
  • Bassoon
1 more instruments
  • Clarinet
Classical
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Polonaise TWV 41:D 4 (Sopranblockflote, Bc) See work details
  • Flute
Classical
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Largo See work details
  • Piano
  • Horn
  • Trombone
3 more instruments
  • Trumpet
  • Tuba
  • Recorder
Classical
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Vivance See work details
  • Recorder
Classical
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Fantasie #8 See work details
  • violin
Classical
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Work & excerpts
Vivace 1 excerpt listings
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Cantabile See work details
  • Piano
  • Flute
  • Euphonium
Classical
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Fantasia In Am See work details
  • Guitar
Classical
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Italian Air from 'Suite in A Minor for Flute and Strings'
Key in title
A minor
  • Flute
  • Recorder
Classical
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Two Duets See work details
  • Horn
Classical
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Violin Concerto In A Minor
Key in title
A minor
  • violin
Classical
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II: Andante See work details
  • violin
Classical
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Sonata No. 7 in C minor: I. Allegro
Key in title
C minor
  • Flute
Classical
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Duet for Two Violoncelli in B-flat major
Key in title
B-flat major
  • Cello
Classical
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Sonata III in B minor
Key in title
B minor
  • violin
Classical
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Fantaisie No. 7 in A minor Performed by Georg Philipp Telemann
Key in title
A minor
  • Piano
Classical
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Fantasia No. 12 in Bb Performed by Georg Philipp Telemann See work details
  • Piano
Classical
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"Minuet, Page 20 from The Essential String Method, Violin Book 3" See work details
  • violin
Classical
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"Siciliana from Partia No. 5 in E minor, TWV 41:el"
Key in title
E minor
  • Piano
  • Flute
Classical
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"Adagio and Vivace from Sonata in G minor, Op. 13 No. 1"
Catalogue / opus
Op. 13 No. 1
Key in title
G minor
  • Piano
  • Flute
Classical
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"Presto from Sonatina No. 2 in B flat, TWV 41:B2" See work details
  • Piano
  • violin
Classical
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Trio from Suite in A Minor
Key in title
A minor
See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
3. Menuett See work details
  • Organ
Classical
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16. Affettuoso See work details See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Fantasie No.6 In D Minor
Key in title
D minor
  • Flute
Classical
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Air Trompette See work details
  • Piano
  • Organ
Classical
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Alleluia - Organ See work details See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Con Bravura See work details
  • Piano
  • Organ
  • Clarinet
Classical
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Quinquagesima : Seele, lerne dich erkennen See work details
  • Voice
Classical
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Telemann: Easy Fugues and Little Pieces See work details
  • Piano
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.