Death Anniversary: Georg Philipp Telemann — June 25, 1767
He died in Hamburg on 25 June 1767 at eighty-six, having served as musical director of the city’s five principal churches and the Hamburg Opera for forty-six years. One of the most prolific composers in musical history with over three thousand works, his Tafelmusik and Paris Quartets bridged the baroque and emerging galant styles.
Dates verified on Richard Petzoldt, Georg Philipp Telemann: Leben und Werk, Deutscher Verlag für Musik, Leipzig, 1967, pp. 15-40; Bärenreiter Telemann-Ausgabe biographical documentation (https://www.baerenreiter.com/en/catalogue/complete-editions/telemann-georg-philipp/).
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