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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
"Lentement from Sonata in G, TWV 41:G11" See work details
  • Piano
  • Flute
Classical
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"Presto from Sonatina No. 6 in F, TWV 41:F1" See work details
  • Piano
  • violin
Classical
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Sonata I in F Major, TWV 41: F2
Key in title
F major
  • Piano
  • Organ
Classical
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TWV 40:119 See work details
  • violin
Classical
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Prelude To The Markus Passion See work details
  • Piano
Classical
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Six Quartets or Trios - Violin 2 See work details See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonata No. 1 in D Major - Score
Key in title
D major
  • Piano
  • Flute
Classical
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Sonata F Major See work details
  • violin
  • Continuo
Classical
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Sonata Bb Major - Bass See work details
  • Continuo
Classical
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Sonata C Major See work details
  • Continuo
  • Recorder
Classical
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4 Concerti for 4 Violins, TWV 40:201-204 See work details
  • strings
  • Continuo
Classical
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Work & excerpts
Essercizii musici 1 excerpt listings
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Kleine Kammermusik See work details
  • Basso continuo
Classical
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Concerto in F minor for Oboe, Strings and Continuo, TWV 51:f2
Key in title
F minor
  • Basso continuo
  • Oboe
  • strings
Classical
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Concerto for Violin G minor TWV 51:g1 See work details
  • Basso continuo
  • violin
  • strings
Classical
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Violin Sonata in A major TWV 41:A7
Key in title
A major
  • Basso continuo
  • violin
Classical
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Violin Sonata in C minor TWV 41:c2
Key in title
C minor
  • Basso continuo
  • violin
Classical
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Sonata In F Major
Key in title
F major
  • Piano
  • Guitar
  • Flute
Classical
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Andante in G minor
Key in title
G minor
  • Piano
Classical
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Fantasia No. 10 in D (Third Dozen) See work details
  • Piano
Classical
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Fantasia No. 4 in G (Third Dozen) See work details
  • Piano
Classical
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Fantaisie No. 3 in B minor (Second Dozen)
Key in title
B minor
  • Piano
Classical
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Fantaisie No. 10 in G (Second Dozen) See work details
  • Piano
Classical
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Christ Lag In Todesbanden See work details
  • Piano
  • Organ
  • harpsichord
Classical
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Courante See work details
  • Piano
Classical
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14. Sonatina 4 - I Affetuoso See work details
  • harpsichord
Classical
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14. Sonatina VI - I Vivace See work details
  • harpsichord
Classical
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16. Sonatina VI - III Presto See work details
  • harpsichord
Classical
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Fantasia in A Major
Key in title
A major
  • Flute
Classical
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FANTASIA IN Bb MAJOR (TELEMANN)
Key in title
B-flat major
  • Flute
Classical
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Sonata #4 In B Minor, TWV 40:104
Key in title
B minor
  • Flute
  • violin
Classical
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Sonata #6 In E Major, TWV 40:106
Key in title
E major
  • Flute
  • violin
Classical
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Sonata #2 In E Minor, TWV 40:102
Key in title
E minor
  • Flute
  • violin
Classical
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Fantasia In B Minor, TWV 40:4
Key in title
B minor
  • Flute
Classical
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Fantasia In G Major, TWV 40:12
Key in title
G major
  • Flute
Classical
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Sonata In D Minor, Op. 5
Catalogue / opus
Op. 5
Key in title
D minor
  • Flute
  • violin
Classical
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Flute Concerto in G major
Key in title
G major
  • Flute
Classical
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IV See work details
  • Flute
  • Oboe
  • Bassoon
1 more instruments
  • Clarinet
Classical
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Oboe Concerto in D minor, op. 8, no. 9, RV454 (RV236) (from 'Il cimento dell' armonia e dell'inventione')
Catalogue / opus
op. 8, no. 9; RV454; RV236
Key in title
D minor
  • Oboe
Classical
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Vivement See work details
  • Piano
  • Organ
  • Recorder
Classical
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Vite See work details
  • Cello
  • violin
  • Recorder
Classical
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Fantasie #5 See work details
  • violin
Classical
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Fantasie #11 See work details
  • violin
Classical
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Fantasie #12 See work details
  • violin
Classical
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Sonata #4 See work details
  • violin
Classical
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Sonata #6 See work details
  • violin
Classical
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Trio in F for Recorder, Violin & Continuo, 3rd Mvt. See work details
  • violin
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Fantasia No. 12 in A Minor, TWV 40:25 - First Movement
Key in title
A minor
  • violin
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.