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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

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

Sheet music catalogue page 27 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
Partita No.4 In G Minor TWV 41:g2
Key in title
G minor
See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Partita No.5 In E Minor TWV 41:e1
Key in title
E minor
See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Partita No.6 In E-Flat TWV 41:Es1 See work details See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Easy Fugues With Little Pieces See work details See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Canonic Sonata No. 1 In D See work details
  • Cello
Classical
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Canonic Sonata No. 2 In G See work details
  • Cello
Classical
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Canonic Sonata No. 3 In A Minor
Key in title
A minor
  • Cello
Classical
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Canonic Sonata No. 4 In A Minor
Key in title
A minor
  • Cello
Classical
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Canonic Sonata No. 5 In D See work details
  • Cello
Classical
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Canonic Sonata No. 6 In D Minor
Key in title
D minor
  • Cello
Classical
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Concerto In E Minor For Oboe, Strings And Continuo
Key in title
E minor
  • Oboe
Classical
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Quartett D-Dur See work details
  • Flute
  • violin
  • Viola
Classical
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Quartett G-Moll See work details
  • Flute
Classical
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Concerto In D TWV 40:202 See work details See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Viola Concerto In G See work details See edition details View sheet music Work & edition details
Viola Concerto, TWV 51:G9 See work details
  • Viola
Classical
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Vivace from Sonata in F Major for flute
Key in title
F major
  • Cello
  • Flute
  • Oboe
4 more instruments
  • violin
  • Bassoon
  • Clarinet
  • Viola
Classical
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Minuet in G Major
Key in title
G major
  • Flute
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The Trusty Music Master See work details
  • Flute
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Fantasie from Fantasias for Harpsichord, #14 See work details See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Telemanns Vorbericht (Faksimile) / Telemann's preface See work details
  • Basso continuo
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Sonata In E Major
Key in title
E major
  • Flute
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Sonata in A Major for Two Flutes and Piano, Flute I
Key in title
A major
  • Flute
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Sonata in A Major for Two Flutes and Piano, Piano Score
Key in title
A major
  • Flute
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Sonata in A Major for Two Flutes and Piano, Flute II
Key in title
A major
  • Flute
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Fantasia No. 8 in A minor
Key in title
A minor
  • Piano
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Fantasia No. 7 in A See work details
  • Piano
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Fantasia No. 9 in B minor
Key in title
B minor
  • Piano
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Fantasia No. 12 in Bb See work details
  • Piano
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Fantasia No. 6 in C minor
Key in title
C minor
  • Piano
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Fantasia No. 2 in D minor
Key in title
D minor
  • Piano
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Fantasia No. 10 in D See work details
  • Piano
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Fantasia No. 3 in E minor
Key in title
E minor
  • Piano
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Fantasia No. 11 in Eb See work details
  • Piano
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Fantasia No. 5 in G minor
Key in title
G minor
  • Piano
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Fantasia No. 4 in G See work details
  • Piano
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Sonata In G Major, Op. 5
Catalogue / opus
Op. 5
Key in title
G major
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Trio In G Minor
Key in title
G minor
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TELEMANN Fantasia No. 2 in A Minor
Key in title
A minor
  • Flute
Classical
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Sonata in C Major TWV41:C2
Key in title
C major
  • Basso continuo
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Sonata in B-flat Major TWV41:B3
Key in title
B-flat major
  • Basso continuo
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Sonata in F Major TWV41:F2
Key in title
F major
  • Basso continuo
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Sonata in d minor TWV41:d4
Key in title
D minor
  • Basso continuo
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Sonata in C Major TWV41:C5
Key in title
C major
  • Basso continuo
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Harlequinade See work details
  • Basso continuo
  • Viola
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Espagniol See work details
  • Basso continuo
  • Viola
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Bourree en Trompette See work details
  • Basso continuo
  • Viola
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Sommeille See work details
  • Basso continuo
  • Viola
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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.