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Telemann 12 Fantasien for Flute Solo-Edition Peters

Telemann 12 Fantasien for Flute Solo-Edition Peters (12 Fantasies)

Georg Philipp Telemann

German composer, Telemann, (1681-1767) was a renowned composer of the late Baroque period. Largely self-taught, he played a number of instruments including the violin, recorder, oboe, viola da gamba, chalumeau, and clavier. His vast compositional output included numerous sacred and secular works, operas, orchestral works and chamber works for a large variety of instrumental combinations.

Telemann composed a remarkable body of works for the flute. His compositions for flute include concertos, sonatas, and fantasias, showcasing his masterful understanding of the instrument’s capabilities.

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  12 Fantasias for Viola da Gamba (Telemann)

  Twelve Fantasias for Viola da Gamba Solo Fantaisies pour la Basse de Violle
  Title page
  Catalogue	TWV 40:26–37
  Published	1735 (1735): Hamburg

  Georg Philipp Telemann's collection of Twelve Fantasias for Viola da Gamba Solo, TWV 40:26–37, was published in Hamburg in 1735, titled Fantaisies pour la Basse de Violle. The fantasias for viola da gamba were considered lost until an original print was found in a private collection in 2015. They were published by Edition Güntersberg in 2016, and first recorded and performed again by Thomas Fritzsch the same year.

  History

  Telemann printed the fantasias for viola da gamba in 1735 in his own publishing house in Hamburg. He undertook self-publishing, offering works by subscription: His subscriber lists include buyers from Amsterdam, London and Paris. He offered a 20% discount to subscribers to the fantasias.^[2] The fantasias are among Telemann's collections of music for unaccompanied instruments, with others being twelve fantasias for solo flute (

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  12 Fantasias for Solo Violin (Telemann)

  Georg Philipp Telemann's collection of 12 Fantasias for Solo Violin, TWV 40:14–25, was published in Hamburg in 1735. It is one of Telemann's collections of music for unaccompanied instruments, the others being twelve fantasias for solo flute and thirty-six for solo harpsichord that were published in Hamburg in 1732–33, as well as a set of twelve fantasias for solo viola da gamba that was published in the same city in 1735, but were considered lost until a copy of the print was found in a private collection in 2015 by viola da gamba player and musicologist Thomas Fritzsch.^[1]

  This collection consists of the following works:

  1. Fantasia in B-flat major (Largo—Allegro—Grave—Si replica l'allegro)
  2. Fantasia in G major (Largo—Allegro—Allegro)
  3. Fantasia in F minor (Adagio—Presto—Grave—Vivace)
  4. Fantasia in D major (Vivace—Grave—Allegro)
  5. Fantasia in A major (Allegro—Presto—Allegro—Presto—Andante—Allegro)
  6. Fantasia in E minor (Grave—Presto—Siciliana—Allegro)
  7. Fantasia in E-flat major (Dolce—Allegro—Largo—Presto)
  8. Fantasia in E major