Contemporary philippine arts from the regions_PPT_Module_12 [Autosaved] (1).pptx
Telemann
1. March 14, 1681 - June 25, 1767
Baroque Period
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
IMAGE COURTESY OF HTTP://WWW.8NOTES.COM/PICTURES/TELEMANN/
2. EARLY YEARS
Georg Philipp Telemann was born in
Magdeburg, Germany. He came from a long
line of ministers, so everyone expected him
to become one, too. But as a kid, he learned
to play several musical instruments, and
taught himself to compose.
3. MIDDLE YEARS
When Telemann went to the university in
Leipzig, he was supposed to study law and
forget about music. But his music-loving
roommate found out that Telemann was a
composer, and arranged to have one of his
pieces performed. The next thing Telemann
knew, he was writing music for the biggest
church in town.
4. TELEMANN!
For a while, Telemann was a court
composer, but eventually he got tired of working
for counts and dukes. So he became a
municipal music director -- first for the city of
Frankfurt, and then for Hamburg, a very
important German port.
Unlike many composers, Telemann was famous
and appreciated in his day. He was friends with
most of his fellow composers, and was
godfather to one of Johann Sebastian Bach’s
sons: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach has his middle
name!
5. HIS FAMOUS MUSIC
Let’s listen to some of Telemann’s music!
Fantasia No.3(E major-Vivace/Largo)
From http://je1emu.jpn.org/TeleFant-e.html
Played on MIDI guitar sound: (Click to
play)
