Sunflower Music Festival 6-20-2024 A Charles and Rachel Stegeman Telemann Music for 2 Violins

Georg Philipp Telemann (24 March [O.S. 14 March] 1681 - 25 June 1767) was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. Almost completely self-taught in music, he became a composer against his family's wishes. After studying in Magdeburg, Zellerfeld, and Hildesheim, Telemann entered the University of Leipzig to study law, but eventually settled on a career in music. He held important positions in Leipzig, Sorau, Eisenach, and Frankfurt before settling in Hamburg in 1721, where he became musical director of the five main churches.