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Georg Philipp Telemann

1681 - 1767

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Georg Philipp Telemann (German: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈfiːlɪp ˈteːləman]; 24 March [O.S. 14 March] 1681 – 25 June 1767) was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. He is one of the most prolific composers in history, at least in terms of surviving works. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 63 in 2024). Georg Philipp Telemann is the 54th most popular composer (up from 57th in 2024), the 128th most popular biography from Germany (up from 134th in 2019) and the 11th most popular German Composer.

Georg Philipp Telemann is most famous for being a prolific composer of the Baroque era.

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Among composers, Georg Philipp Telemann ranks 54 out of 1,451. Before him are Anton Bruckner, Guido of Arezzo, Stefania Turkewich, Vincenzo Bellini, Arnold Schoenberg, and Edward Elgar. After him are Aram Khachaturian, Carl Maria von Weber, Guillaume Du Fay, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Charles Gounod.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1681, Georg Philipp Telemann ranks 2. Before him is Vitus Bering. After him are Hedvig Sophia of Sweden, Johann Mattheson, Theophan Prokopovich, Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Giulia Lama, and Henrietta Godolphin, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough. Among people deceased in 1767, Georg Philipp Telemann ranks 1. After him are Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France, Maria Josepha of Bavaria, Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria, Giambattista Pittoni, Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Emer de Vattel, Johann Schobert, Burkhard Christoph von Münnich, Étienne de Silhouette, Ekkathat, and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Georg Philipp Telemann ranks 128 out of 7,253. Before him are Arminius (-17), Frederick William III of Prussia (1770), Erich Honecker (1912), Princess Sophie of Bavaria (1805), Willy Brandt (1913), and Jürgen Habermas (1929). After him are Frederick William II of Prussia (1744), Pope Clement II (1005), August Kekulé (1829), Carl Maria von Weber (1786), Frederick III, German Emperor (1831), and Carl von Clausewitz (1780).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Georg Philipp Telemann ranks 11. Before him are Johannes Brahms (1833), Robert Schumann (1810), Felix Mendelssohn (1809), Jacques Offenbach (1819), Richard Strauss (1864), and Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714). After him are Carl Maria von Weber (1786), Carl Orff (1895), Johann Christian Bach (1735), Hans Zimmer (1957), Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928), and Johann Pachelbel (1653).

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