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          Georg Philipp Telemann was a German composer of the high baroque..

          Born: Magdeburg, March 14, ; Died: Hamburg, June 25, ; Nationality: German ; Period: Baroque ; Performed As: Violinist, keyboardist, singer, and more.

        1. Born: Magdeburg, March 14, ; Died: Hamburg, June 25, ; Nationality: German ; Period: Baroque ; Performed As: Violinist, keyboardist, singer, and more.
        2. Georg Philipp Telemann was a prolific composer, talented student and dedicated educator, thanks in part to a happy accident that jump-started his career.
        3. Georg Philipp Telemann was a German composer of the high baroque.
        4. Born in in Magdeburg, Germany, as a composer and multi-instrumentalist, Telemann has left an indelible mark on the world of baroque and classical music.
        5. German composer Georg Philipp Telemann ().

          6. Georg Philipp Telemann

          German Baroque composer (1681–1767)

          "Telemann" redirects here. For other uses, see Telemann (disambiguation).

          Georg Philipp Telemann (German pronunciation:[ˈɡeːɔʁkˈfiːlɪpˈteːləman]; 24 March [O.S.

          14 March] 1681 – 25 June 1767) was a German Baroquecomposer and multi-instrumentalist. He is one of the most prolific composers in history,[1] at least in terms of surviving oeuvre.[2] 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. After studying in Magdeburg, Zellerfeld, and Hildesheim, Telemann entered the University of Leipzig to study law, but eventually