Georg Philipp Telemann was born in Magdeburg, the son
of a Lutheran deacon who died in 1685, leaving the
mother to raise their three children alone. The youth
showed remarkable talent in music, but was temporarily
discouraged in his chosen pursuit by Puritan Lutherans,
who told Telemann's mother that he would turn out no
better than "a clown, a tightrope walker or a
marmot-trainer." In opposition to his mother's wishes,
Telemann continued to study in secrecy until she
relented, allowing him to t...(+)
Georg Philipp Telemann was born in Magdeburg, the son
of a Lutheran deacon who died in 1685, leaving the
mother to raise their three children alone. The youth
showed remarkable talent in music, but was temporarily
discouraged in his chosen pursuit by Puritan Lutherans,
who told Telemann's mother that he would turn out no
better than "a clown, a tightrope walker or a
marmot-trainer." In opposition to his mother's wishes,
Telemann continued to study in secrecy until she
relented, allowing him to train under the highly
respected Kantor Benedict Christiani, at the Old City
School. Outside of some early lessons in reading
tablature, Telemann was self-taught and was capable of
playing the flute, violin, viola da gamba, oboe,
trombone, double bass, and several keyboard
instruments. Telemann began to write music from
childhood, producing an opera, Sigismundus, by age
12.
The Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst oder Geistliche Cantaten
(Hamburg 1725), Ist Widerwärtigkeit den Frommen eigen,
Am andern Sonntage nach dem Feste der heil. drei
Könige
The "Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst" is a collection of
cantatas by Telemann for one voice, one solo instrument
and basso continuo and was published by Georg Philipp
Telemann sometime in 1726. There is one cantata for
each feast and Sunday during the year, but the
collection remains incomplete.
Source: Wikipedia
(https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Telemann,_Georg_Philip
p ).
Although originally created for Voice & Strings, I
created this arrangement of the Aria: "Ewige Liebe!"
(Eternal Love) from "Harmonischer Gottesdienst" for
Oboe, Violin & Cello).
