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 5 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.
| Work | Year composed | Catalogue / opus | Key in title | Listed instruments | Genre | Editions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonata #6 | — | — | — | violin | Classical | 4 |
| Trio in F for Recorder, Violin & Continuo, 3rd Mvt. | — | — | — | violin | — | 5 |
| Fantasia No. 12 in A Minor, TWV 40:25 - First Movement | — | — | A minor | violin | Classical | 5 |
| Andante | — | — | — | Piano, Organ, Horn, Clarinet, Trombone, Trumpet, Tuba, Recorder, Euphonium | Classical | 3 |
| Marche | — | — | — | Horn, Trombone, Trumpet, Tuba | Classical | 3 |
| Suite in A Major | — | — | A major | Piano | Classical | 3 |
| Duetto V, TWV 40:128 - C-Dur/C major Performed by Georg Philipp Telemann | — | — | — | — | Classical | 5 |
| Sonata in G, TWV 41:G12 - G-Dur/G major Performed by Georg Philipp Telemann | — | — | — | — | Classical | 4 |
| Fanfare and March | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 4 |
| Canon in A | — | — | — | Flute | Classical | 5 |
| 7 Faksimiles | — | — | — | Choir | Classical | 4 |
| Les Plaisirs | — | — | — | Piano, Flute, violin, Saxophone | Classical | 2 |
| Canon | — | — | — | Guitar, Oboe | Classical | 4 |
| Flute Concerto in D major | — | — | D major | Flute | Classical | 5 |
| Fantasia No. 11 in Eb Performed by Georg Philipp Telemann | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 4 |
| "Fuga prima in G minor, TWV 30:21" | — | — | G minor | Piano | Classical | 5 |
| "Tempo di Minuetto from Partia No. 2 in G, TWV 41:G2" | — | — | — | Piano, violin | Classical | 5 |
| "Affettuoso from Sonatina No. 4 in G, TWV 41:G3" | — | — | — | Piano, violin | Classical | 5 |
| Trumpet Tune | — | — | — | Organ, Trumpet | Classical | 4 |
| Vater Unser Im Himmelreich | — | — | — | Organ | Classical | 4 |
| Chorale Prelude | — | — | — | Organ | Classical | 2 |
| Sonate Eb Major - Score | — | — | — | Oboe, Continuo | Classical | 3 |
| XIIX Canons Mélodieux | — | — | — | — | Classical | 3 |
| Concerto for 2 flutes in E minor TWV 52:e2 | — | — | E minor | Basso continuo, strings | Classical | 3 |
| Concerto for 2 Horns D Major TWV 52:D2 | — | — | — | Basso continuo, strings | Classical | 3 |
| Concerto for 2 Violins in G major TWV 52:G2 | — | — | G major | Basso continuo, strings | Classical | 3 |
| Concerto for Oboe and Violin in F major, TWV 52:F2 | — | — | F major | Basso continuo, Oboe, violin, strings | Classical | 3 |
| Concerto for Viola d'amore, Oboe d'amore and Flute, TWV 53:E1 | — | — | — | strings, Continuo | Classical | 3 |
| Concerto in B major TWV 42:B6 | — | — | B major | Basso continuo, strings, Bassoon | Classical | 3 |
| 12 Fantasias for Violin without Bass, TWV 40:14-25 | 1735IMSLP | — | — | — | Classical | 4 |
| Flute Sonata in B minor TWV 41:h4 | 1733 or beforeIMSLP | — | B minor | Basso continuo, Flute | Classical | 3 |
| Fugues Legérès & Petits Jeux | — | — | — | harpsichord | Classical | 3 |
| Der getreue Music-Meister | — | — | — | — | Classical | 3 |
| Harmonischer Gottesdienst | — | — | — | — | Classical | 3 |
| Oboe Concerto in C minor, TWV 51:c1 | — | — | C minor | Oboe, strings, Continuo | Classical | 3 |
| Quatrième livre de Quatuors | — | — | — | — | Classical | 3 |
| Quartetto in D major TWV 43:D7 | — | — | D major | Trumpet | Classical | 3 |
| Symphony in E minor TWV 50:e5 | — | — | E minor | Basso continuo, strings, Bassoon | Classical | 3 |
| Suite in G major TWV 55:G2 | — | — | G major | Basso continuo, strings | Classical | 3 |
| Suite in G minor TWV 55:g7 | — | — | G minor | Basso continuo, strings | Classical | 3 |
| Triosonata in A major TWV 42:A9 | — | — | A major | Basso continuo, Flute | Classical | 3 |
| Triosonata in C minor TWV 42:c2 | — | — | C minor | Basso continuo, Oboe, Recorder | Classical | 3 |
| Triosonata in C minor TWV 42:c4 | — | — | C minor | Basso continuo | Classical | 3 |
| Sonata in E minor TWV 42:e12 | — | — | E minor | Basso continuo | Classical | 3 |
| Triosonata in F major TWV 42:F13 | — | — | F major | Basso continuo, Oboe, violin | Classical | 3 |
| Triosonata in G major TWV 42:G9 | — | — | G major | Basso continuo | Classical | 3 |
| Concerto for Violin C major TWV 51:C2 | — | — | — | Basso continuo, violin, strings | Classical | 3 |
| Violin Sonata in A minor TWV 41:a4 | — | — | A minor | Basso continuo, violin | Classical | 3 |
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.