Telemann, Georg Philipp - Overture Suite in Bb Major for Clarinet & Strings TWV 55:B1 Quintet : Clarinet, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello |
Composer : | Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681 - 1767) | ||
Instrumentation : | Quintet : Clarinet, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello | ||
Style : | Baroque | ||
Key : | B♭ major | ||
Arranger : | |||
Publisher : | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL (1960 - ) | ||
Copyright : | Public Domain | ||
Added by magataganm, 24 Aug 2018 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. Tafelmusik (German: literally, "table-music") is a term used since the mid-16th century for music played at feasts and banquets. Often the term was also used as a title for collections of music, some of which was intended to be so used. The function was displaced in the late 18th century by the divertimento, and its importance soon diminished, but it was revived and partially restored in the vocal genre of the Liedertafel by Carl Friedrich Zelter beginning in 1809, and male-voice choral societies describing themselves by this name continued the practice until the mid-20th century. The Tafelmusik or Musique de Table by Telemann is perhaps his most celebrated collection of music. Composed in 1733, Telemann's Tafelmusik has been compared as a collection to the renowned Brandenburg concertos of Johann Sebastian Bach in clearly demonstrating the composer’s supreme skill in handling a diversity of musical genres and a variety of instruments. Tafelmusik could be either instrumental, vocal, or both. As might be expected, it was often of a somewhat lighter character than music for other occasions. Source: Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tafelmusik ). Although originally composed for Oboes, Strings & Continuo, I created this Interpretation of the "Overture Suite in Bb Major" (TWV 55:B1) the "Ouverture Tafelmusik" for Bb Clarinet & Strings (2 Violins, Viola & Cello). |
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