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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

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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
Telemann: Six Canonic Sonatas See work details See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Telemann: Six Sonatas in Canon Form See work details
  • Recorder
Classical
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Double Recorder Sonata See work details See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Suite in A minor TWV 55:a6
Key in title
A minor
  • Basso continuo
  • strings
  • Bassoon
Classical
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Triosonata in G minor TWV 42:g12
Key in title
G minor
  • Basso continuo
  • Oboe
  • violin
Classical
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Konzert G-dur für Viola und Streichorchester mit Basso continuo
Year composed
1716-21
See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
II. Spirituoso See work details
  • Piano
  • Flute
  • Oboe
Classical
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Minuet No. 14 See work details
  • Piano
  • Flute
Classical
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Gavotte ( from The Fashionable Dilettante Damon) See work details
  • Piano
  • Organ
  • Saxophone
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Verkundigung Maria: Gott will Mensch und sterblich werden (Violine) See work details
  • Voice
  • Voice High
Classical
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Solo in F Major, TWV 32:4 - Second Movement: Bourree
Key in title
F major
  • Piano
Classical
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Concerto In D (Telemann G) See work details
  • Piano
Classical
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Fantasia No. 9 in B minor (Third Dozen)
Key in title
B minor
  • Piano
Classical
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Fantasia No. 6 in C minor (Third Dozen)
Key in title
C minor
  • Piano
Classical
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Fantasia No. 3 in E minor (Third Dozen)
Key in title
E minor
  • Piano
Classical
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Fantaisie No. 2 in C (Second Dozen) See work details
  • Piano
Classical
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Fantaisie No. 4 in D (Second Dozen) See work details
  • Piano
Classical
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Dance See work details
  • Piano
Classical
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Concerto In G Minor, BWV 985
Catalogue / opus
BWV 985
Key in title
G minor
  • Piano
  • harpsichord
Classical
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Trio In F Major
Key in title
F major
  • harpsichord
  • Flute
  • violin
2 more instruments
  • Viola da gamba
  • Viola
Classical
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2. Sonatina 3 - I Andante See work details
  • harpsichord
Classical
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15. Sonatina VI - II Cantabile See work details
  • harpsichord
Classical
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Sonata #5 In A Major, TWV 40:105
Key in title
A major
  • Flute
  • violin
Classical
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Sonata #1 In G Major, TWV 40:101
Key in title
G major
  • Flute
  • violin
Classical
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Fantasy in F sharp minor TWV 40:11
Key in title
F-sharp minor
  • Flute
Classical
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II. Allegro See work details
  • Recorder
  • Viola
Classical
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IV. Vivace See work details
  • Recorder
Classical
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Moderato See work details
  • Piano
  • Organ
  • Recorder
Classical
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Gayment See work details
  • Recorder
Classical
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Presto See work details
  • Piano
  • Recorder
  • Euphonium
Classical
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Fantasie #1 See work details
  • violin
Classical
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Fantasie #6 See work details
  • violin
Classical
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Fantasie #10 See work details
  • violin
Classical
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Trio in F for Recorder, Violin & Continuo, 1st Mvt. See work details
  • violin
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I. Largo See work details
  • Viola
Classical
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Minuet, Transposed From G See work details
  • Harp
Classical
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Fantasia In C See work details
  • Guitar
Classical
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Work & excerpts
Fantasie 1 excerpt listings
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Gavotte in C See work details
  • Piano
Classical
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Minuet from Suite in A minor
Key in title
A minor
  • Flute
Classical
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II. Fantasie in F minor
Key in title
F minor
  • Trombone
Classical
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VII. Fantasie in E-flat major
Key in title
E-flat major
  • Trombone
Classical
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Concerto in F Major
Key in title
F major
See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonata in C minor for Flute , Oboe & Continuo Performed by Georg Philipp Telemann
Key in title
C minor
  • Flute
  • Oboe
  • Recorder
Classical
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Verzeichnis der Abkurzungen See work details See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
2. Passepied I, II See work details
  • Piano
Classical
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Die Liebe/Love, L'Amour See work details
  • Flute
  • Horn
  • Clarinet
1 more instruments
  • Trombone
Classical
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Fantasia No. 2 In 'A' Minor For Solo Flute See work details
  • Flute
Classical
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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.