Georg philipp telemann autobiography

This is the entry from Mattheson's Ehren-Pforte, Hamburg, 1740: Here Georg Philipp Telemann speaks directly to us and tells us with choice words in his own.
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This book is the first guide to research on the composer Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) in any language.

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The Telemann Compendium

The first guide to research on Telemann in any language.

This book is the first guide to research on the composer Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) in any language. Although the scholarly 'Telemann Renaissance' is now a half-century old, there has never been a book intended to serve asa gateway for further study. Apart from a handful of biographies, dictionary entries, and annotated bibliographies (many of which are now severely out of date), students of Telemann's life and music have been left to dive into the secondary literature in order to get their bearings. Considering that this now burgeoning literature has mainly taken the form of German dissertations and conference proceedings, it is small wonder that the field of Telemann studies has been relatively slow to develop in the English-speaking world. And yet the veritable explosion of performances, both live and recorded, of the composer's music in recent decades has won him an ever-increasing following among musicians and concert-goers worldwide. As with other books in the Composer Compendia ser

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Georg Philipp Telemann

German Baroque composer (1681–1767)

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Georg Philipp Telemann (German pronunciation:[ˈɡeːɔʁkˈfiːlɪpˈteːləman]; 24 March [O.S. 14 March] 1681 – 25 June 1767) was a German Baroquecomposer and multi-instrumentalist. He is one of the most prolific composers in history,^[1] at least in terms of surviving oeuvre.^[2] Telemann was considered by his contemporaries to be one of the leading German composers of the time, and he was compared favourably both to his friend Johann Sebastian Bach, who made Telemann the godfather and namesake of his son Carl Philipp Emanuel, and to George Frideric Handel, whom Telemann also knew personally.

Almost completely self-taught in music, he became a composer against his family's wishes. After studying in Magdeburg, Zellerfeld, and Hildesheim, Telemann entered the University of Leipzig to study law, but eventually settled on a career in music. He held important positions in Leipzig, Sorau, Eisenach, and Frankfur

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Georg Telemann was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records 1998 as the most prolific composer ever (at least in terms of surviving oeuvre). He also seems to have written with gusto about other topics, including himself! He wrote three separate autobiographies in 1718, 1729, and 1740, leaving behind a treasure-trove of information about himself, his friends, peers and the times.

Telemann had a life-long interest in poetry, and published books of poems as well as a satiric novel. But he never managed to write that big theoretical work. He took a stab at translating Fux’s 1725 Gradus ad Parnassum (a seminal textbook on counterpoint) from Latin and wrote his own book on composition and performance called The Practical Musician.

His love was for poetry, and opera- and cantata librettos. His poetry was published in the anthology Poetry of Lower Saxony and he wrote eulogy-poems for his beloved first wife, and best friends Johann Georg Pisendel and Johann Sebastian Bach.

On of Telemann’s masterpieces is the passion on Christ set after a poem by Barthold Hei