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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

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Catalogue

Sheet music catalogue page 26 of 28

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
Sonata In F Major Hwv.369
Key in title
F major
  • Flute
Classical
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Sonata In G Major Hwv.363b
Key in title
G major
  • Flute
Classical
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Air A L'italien See work details
  • Flute
Classical
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Rejouissance See work details
  • Flute
Classical
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Two Menuets See work details
  • Flute
Classical
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Six Sonatas For Two Flutes See work details
  • Flute
Classical
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Concerto No. 1 In C See work details
  • Viola
Classical
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Concerto No. 2 In G See work details
  • Viola
Classical
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Concerto No.3 In F (Telemann) See work details See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Concerto No.4 In D For Four Violas (Telemann) See work details
  • Viola
Classical
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Cappricietto [Telemann, Georg Philipp] See work details
  • Orchestra
Classical
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Chaconne [Telemann, Georg Philipp] See work details
  • Orchestra
Classical
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Fantasie No.1 In C Minor
Key in title
C minor
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Fantasie No.10 In G See work details See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Fantasie No.11 In G Minor
Key in title
G minor
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Fantasie No.12 In B Flat See work details See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Fantasie No.2 In C See work details See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Fantasie No.4 In D See work details See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Fantasie No.5 In G Minor
Key in title
G minor
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Fantasie No.6 In B Flat See work details See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Fantasie No.7 In A Minor
Key in title
A minor
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Fantasie No.8 In A See work details See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Fantasie No.9 In E Minor
Key in title
E minor
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Sonata In B Flat Twv.41:B3 See work details
  • Recorder
Classical
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Sonata In C Twv.41:C2 See work details
  • Recorder
Classical
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Sonata In F Minor Twv.41:F1
Key in title
F minor
  • Recorder
Classical
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Sonata In F Twv.41:F2 See work details
  • Recorder
Classical
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Fantasie In A Minor TWV 40:3
Key in title
A minor
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Fantasie In A TWV 40:2 See work details See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Fantasie In B Flat TWV 40:5 See work details See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Fantasie In B Minor TWV 40:4
Key in title
B minor
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Fantasie In C TWV 40:6 See work details See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Fantasie In D Minor TWV 40:7
Key in title
D minor
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Fantasie In D TWV 40:8 See work details See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Fantasie In E Minor TWV 40:9
Key in title
E minor
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Fantasie In E TWV 40:10 See work details See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Fantasie In F Sharp Minor TWV 40:11
Key in title
F-Sharp minor
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Fantasie In G Minor TWV 40:13
Key in title
G minor
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Fantasie In G TWV 40:12 See work details See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Fughetta In D See work details
  • Organ
Classical
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Fughetta In F See work details
  • Organ
Classical
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Sonate Fur Zwei Klavier Und Pedal See work details
  • Organ
Classical
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Zwanzig Kleine Fugen See work details
  • Organ
Classical
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Sonata In C Major Twv 41
Key in title
C major
  • Recorder
Classical
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Sonata In D Minor Twv 41
Key in title
D minor
  • Recorder
Classical
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Partita No.1 In B-Flat TWV 41:B1 See work details See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Partita No.2 In G TWV 41:G2 See work details See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Partita No.3 In C Minor TWV 41:c1
Key in title
C minor
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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.