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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

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Catalogue

Sheet music catalogue page 28 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
Rondeau See work details
  • Basso continuo
  • Viola
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Menuett I See work details
  • Basso continuo
  • Viola
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Menuett Ii See work details
  • Basso continuo
  • Viola
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Quinquagesima (Estomihi): Seele, lerne dich erkennen See work details
  • Basso continuo
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I. Suite fur 2 Oboen und Streicher B-Dur: See work details
  • Orchestra
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4. Postillons See work details
  • Orchestra
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II. Quatuor fur Violine, Flote, Violoncell und Continuo e-Moll: See work details
  • Orchestra
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Concert fur 2 Horner und Streicher Es-Dur: See work details
  • Orchestra
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13. Maestoso See work details
  • Orchestra
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Trio fur 2 Floten und Continuo D-Dur: See work details
  • Orchestra
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19. Grave, Largo, Grave See work details
  • Orchestra
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Solo fur Oboe und Continuo g-Moll: See work details
  • Orchestra
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23. Tempo giusto See work details
  • Orchestra
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Trio Sonata in D Minor for Two Violins & Viola Essercizii musici TWV42:d4
Key in title
D minor
  • violin
  • Viola
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BourrŽe See work details
  • Piano
  • violin
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Duo Sonata No. 1, F Major See work details See edition details View sheet music Work & edition details
Duo Sonata No. 2, B-flat Major See work details See edition details View sheet music Work & edition details
Duo Sonata No. 5 in D minor
Key in title
D minor
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Duo Sonata No. 6 in G Major
Key in title
G major
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"Fantasia in C, Second Dozen, No. 2: 2nd movement, Gayment in A minor"
Key in title
A minor
  • Piano
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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.