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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 28 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
WorkYear composedCatalogue / opusKey in titleListed instrumentsGenreEditions
Fantasia No. 5 in G minor — —G minor Piano— 1
Fantasia No. 4 in G — —— Piano— 1
Sonata In G Major, Op. 5 — Op. 5G major —— 1
Trio In G Minor — —G minor —— 1
TELEMANN Fantasia No. 2 in A Minor — —A minor FluteClassical 1
Sonata in C Major TWV41:C2 — —C major Basso continuo— 1
Sonata in B-flat Major TWV41:B3 — —B-flat major Basso continuo— 1
Sonata in F Major TWV41:F2 — —F major Basso continuo— 1
Sonata in d minor TWV41:d4 — —D minor Basso continuo— 1
Sonata in C Major TWV41:C5 — —C major Basso continuo— 1
Harlequinade — —— Basso continuo, Viola— 1
Espagniol — —— Basso continuo, Viola— 1
Bourree en Trompette — —— Basso continuo, Viola— 1
Sommeille — —— Basso continuo, Viola— 1
Rondeau — —— Basso continuo, Viola— 1
Menuett I — —— Basso continuo, Viola— 1
Menuett Ii — —— Basso continuo, Viola— 1
Quinquagesima (Estomihi): Seele, lerne dich erkennen — —— Basso continuo— 3
I. Suite fur 2 Oboen und Streicher B-Dur: — —— Orchestra— 1
4. Postillons — —— Orchestra— 1
II. Quatuor fur Violine, Flote, Violoncell und Continuo e-Moll: — —— Orchestra— 1
Concert fur 2 Horner und Streicher Es-Dur: — —— Orchestra— 1
13. Maestoso — —— Orchestra— 1
Trio fur 2 Floten und Continuo D-Dur: — —— Orchestra— 1
19. Grave, Largo, Grave — —— Orchestra— 1
Solo fur Oboe und Continuo g-Moll: — —— Orchestra— 1
23. Tempo giusto — —— Orchestra— 1
Trio Sonata in D Minor for Two Violins & Viola Essercizii musici TWV42:d4 — —D minor violin, Viola— 1
BourrŽe — —— Piano, violin— 1
Duo Sonata No. 1, F Major — —— —— 1
Duo Sonata No. 2, B-flat Major — —— —— 1
Duo Sonata No. 5 in D minor — —D minor —— 1
Duo Sonata No. 6 in G Major — —G major —— 1
"Fantasia in C, Second Dozen, No. 2: 2nd movement, Gayment in A minor" — —A minor Piano— 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.