TELEMANN Georg Philipp (Telemann Georg Phillip)

(1681-1767)
Born March 14, 1681 in Magdeburg. Sooner achieved success as a singer, composer and performer on various instruments, but to address the family went to study law in Leipzig. The musical life of this town was so interesting that in 1702 Telemann left jurisprudence for the music. Got the position of organist at the Church of St.. Thomas (Tomaskirhe) and wrote the cantata, and founded at the University of Leipzig musical society - Collegium Musicum. In 1705 became the court conductor at Zoran (now Zary, Poland) in 1708 - the court Kapellmeister in Eisenach, in 1712 - a cantor at Frankfurt, in 1721 - musical director in Hamburg. Last post was one of the most honored in Germany. Telemann was responsible for the musical part of the five principal city churches, he often had to write immediately after the five cantatas for Sunday or holiday service. He also composed the opera for the city theater and head of music teaching in Iohanneume - Hamburg-known classical grammar school.
In 1723 Telemann did not accept the invitation to take a seat Kuhnau, cantor Tomaskirhe, and became a cantor Bach. In 1737 Telemann traveled to Paris, where he surprised the audience the novelty of his orchestral writing. The end of his life he continued to compose works for the Frankfurt, Paris and Hamburg.

In legacy Teleman at least 40 operas, 44 cycle, Passion, 52 church services and many oratorios, as well as 600 overtures in the French style and a lot of vocal and instrumental works of various genres. The master of polyphony, he nevertheless shared the characteristic of his time antipathy to contrapuntal writing, loved the expressive melodies and admired the stylistic innovations of the French and Italian masters. Behaved and a number of recent developments in Eastern Europe, especially from Poland. Telemann was an eclectic, insightful and witty analyst of music of his time, a tireless experimenter, particularly in the field of orchestration.