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 26 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.

Works and available sheet music details
Work	Year composed	Catalogue / opus	Key in title	Listed instruments	Genre	Editions
Heroic March	—	—	—	Piano, Organ	Classical	—
Grave From Sonata In G Minor	—	—	G minor	Piano, Flute	Classical	2
Canon In G	—	—	—	Oboe	Classical	—
Fugue No.5	—	—	—	Organ	Classical	—
Giocoso	—	—	—	Piano, Organ, Clarinet	Classical	0
Telemanns Vorbericht / Telemann's preface	—	—	—	—	Classical	—
Les Plaisirs from the SUITE FOR RECORDER AND STRINGS in A Minor, TV 55, No. 12	—	—	A minor	violin	Classical	—
Nicht uns, nur dir allein sei Preis und Starke - F-Dur/F major	—	—	—	—	Classical	—
Ich hebe meine Augen auf - F-Dur/F major	—	—	—	—	Classical	—
12 Fantasias no. 1 TWV 40	—	—	—	violin	Classical	—
12 Fantasias no. 10 TWV 40	—	—	—	violin	Classical	—
12 Fantasias no. 1-5 TWV 40	—	—	—	violin	Classical	—
12 Fantasias no. 6-12 TWV 40	—	—	—	violin	Classical	—
Sonata In B Flat Major	—	—	B-Flat major	Flute	Classical	—
Sonata In F Major Hwv.369	—	—	F major	Flute	Classical	—
Sonata In G Major Hwv.363b	—	—	G major	Flute	Classical	—
Air A L'italien	—	—	—	Flute	Classical	—
Rejouissance	—	—	—	Flute	Classical	0
Two Menuets	—	—	—	Flute	Classical	—
Six Sonatas For Two Flutes	—	—	—	Flute	Classical	—
Concerto No. 1 In C	—	—	—	Viola	Classical	—
Concerto No. 2 In G	—	—	—	Viola	Classical	—
Concerto No.3 In F (Telemann)	—	—	—	—	Classical	—
Concerto No.4 In D For Four Violas (Telemann)	—	—	—	Viola	Classical	—
Cappricietto [Telemann, Georg Philipp]	—	—	—	Orchestra	Classical	—
Chaconne [Telemann, Georg Philipp]	—	—	—	Orchestra	Classical	—
Fantasie No.1 In C Minor	—	—	C minor	—	Classical	—
Fantasie No.10 In G	—	—	—	—	Classical	—
Fantasie No.11 In G Minor	—	—	G minor	—	Classical	—
Fantasie No.12 In B Flat	—	—	—	—	Classical	—
Fantasie No.2 In C	—	—	—	—	Classical	—
Fantasie No.4 In D	—	—	—	—	Classical	—
Fantasie No.5 In G Minor	—	—	G minor	—	Classical	—
Fantasie No.6 In B Flat	—	—	—	—	Classical	—
Fantasie No.7 In A Minor	—	—	A minor	—	Classical	—
Fantasie No.8 In A	—	—	—	—	Classical	—
Fantasie No.9 In E Minor	—	—	E minor	—	Classical	—
Sonata In B Flat Twv.41:B3	—	—	—	Recorder	Classical	—
Sonata In C Twv.41:C2	—	—	—	Recorder	Classical	—
Sonata In F Minor Twv.41:F1	—	—	F minor	Recorder	Classical	1
Sonata In F Twv.41:F2	—	—	—	Recorder	Classical	—
Fantasie In A Minor TWV 40:3	—	—	A minor	—	Classical	—
Fantasie In A TWV 40:2	—	—	—	—	Classical	—
Fantasie In B Flat TWV 40:5	—	—	—	—	Classical	—
Fantasie In B Minor TWV 40:4	—	—	B minor	—	Classical	—
Fantasie In C TWV 40:6	—	—	—	—	Classical	—
Fantasie In D Minor TWV 40:7	—	—	D minor	—	Classical	—
Fantasie In D TWV 40:8	—	—	—	—	Classical	—

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.