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Born: 14 March
1681, Magdeburg, Germany
Died: 25 June 1767, Hamburg, Austria
Telemann, Georg Philipp
A particularly active composer
in the fields of opera
and religious music, among the most industrious in the history of music
and a autodidact (self-learned) man,
who had written an opera by the age of 12. Telemann
was admired by his contemporaries, and Bach
received the position of musical director in "St.
Thomas" church only after Telemann refused
to take the job.
Telemann composed approximately
600 overtures
in the Italian style, 47 concerti
and about 40 operas. He also wrote secular cantatas,
the most famous of which today, is "The
Schoolmaster" ("Der Schulmeister").
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