Telemann also wrote some other works of interest for the viola, something unusual in the Baroque time, when the viola was used only for filling the harmonies. Works for viola This concerto is one of the 125 concertos written by him for one or more instruments, in addition to hundreds of other instrumental works, operas and church music.
Contemporary of other great composers, he was born four years before and and died seventeen years after Bach and eight after Handel. Its composer, Georg Philip Telemann, was hugely prolific, one of the most prolific among Baroque composers. He held a series of important musical positions, culminating in that of music director of the five largest churches in Hamburg, from 1720 until his death in 1767.Georg Philipp Telemann, composer of probably the first viola concerto ever It is probably the first viola concerto ever written, composed between 17 and the only Baroque viola concerto.
He is known for writing concertos for unusual combinations of instruments, such as multiple violas, trumpets, oboes, or harpsichords. Telemann traveled widely, absorbing various musical styles and incorporating them into his own compositions. While in the present day Bach is generally thought of as the greater composer, Telemann was more widely renowned for his musical abilities during his lifetime. Often described as the most prolific composer in history (at least in terms of surviving oeuvre), he was a contemporary of Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi and a lifelong friend of George Frideric Handel. Self-taught in music, he studied law at the University of Leipzig. Georg Philipp Telemann (Ma? June 25, 1767) was a German Baroque music composer and multi-instrumentalist, born in Magdeburg.
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