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Georg Philipp Telemann (14 March 1681 – 25 June 1767) was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. Almostcompletely self-taught inmusic, he became a composer against his family's wishes. After studying in Magdeburg, Zellerfeld, andHildesheim, Telemann enteredthe University ofLeipzig to study law, but eventually settled on a career in music. He heldimportant positions in Leipzig, Sorau, Eisenach, andFrankfurt before settling inHamburg in 1721, where he became musicaldirector of the city's five main churches. While Telemann's careerprospered, his personal life was alwaystroubled: h ...read more
Georg Philipp Telemann (14 March 1681 – 25 June 1767) was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. Almostcompletely self-taught inmusic, he became a composer against his family's wishes. After studying in Magdeburg, Zellerfeld, andHildesheim, Telemann enteredthe University ofLeipzig to study law, but eventually settled on a career in music. He heldimportant positions in Leipzig, Sorau, Eisenach, andFrankfurt before settling inHamburg in 1721, where he became musicaldirector of the city's five main churches. While Telemann's careerprospered, his personal life was alwaystroubled: his first wifedied only a few months after their marriage, and his second wife had extramaritalaffairs and accumulated a large gamblingdebtbefore leaving Telemann.Telemann was and still is one of the most prolific composers in history (at least in terms of surviving oeuvre) and was consideredby hiscontemporariesto be one of the leading German composers of the time—he was compared favorably both to his friendJohann Sebastian Bach,who made Telemann thegodfather and namesake of his son Carl Philipp Emanuel, and to George FridericHandel, whom Telemann also knewpersonally. Telemann's musicincorporates several national styles (French, Italian) and is evenat times influenced by Polish popular music. Heremained at the forefront of all newmusical tendencies and his music is animportant link between the late Baroque and early Classical styles. « hide |
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