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Georg Philipp Telemann

A leading German composer, music director, and multi-instrumentalist of the Late Baroque period. Becoming a composer while remaining largely self-taught in music, he was active in Leipzig, Sorau, Eisenach, Frankfurt, and Hamburg. From 1721 until his death, he served as music director of the five main churches in Hamburg, composing an enormous quantity of sacred music, secular music, chamber music, concertos, and operas. In addition to French, Italian, and German musical styles, he was also influenced by Polish and Moravian folk music. In the first half of the 18th century, he was highly acclaimed as a prominent composer alongside Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel; he formed a close friendship with Bach and became the godfather to Bach's son, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach.

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1681	Birth of Georg Philipp Telemann (Period: March 14, 1681, Location: Magdeburg (present-day Saxony-Anhalt, Germany))
1685	Death of Father Heinrich Telemann (Georg Philipp Telemann, Age: 3 years old, Period: 1685, Location: Magdeburg (present-day Germany))
1690	Family Opposition to Musical Career (Georg Philipp Telemann, Age: 8 years old, Period: 1690s, Location: Magdeburg, Zellerfeld, etc.)
1694	School Education in Zellerfeld (Georg Philipp Telemann, Age: 12 years old, Period: c. 1694, Location: Zellerfeld (present-day Lower Saxony, Germany))
1697	Education at the Andreanum in Hildesheim (Georg Philipp Telemann, Age: 15 years old, Period: c. 1697–1701, Location: Hildesheim (present-day Lower Saxony, Germany))
1700	Great Northern War (Age: 18 years old, Period: 1700–1721, Location: Baltic Region, Sweden, Poland, Saxony, Russia, etc.)
1701	War of the Spanish Succession (Age: 19 years old, Period: 1701–1714, Location: Western Europe, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, etc.) Transition to Musician in Leipzig (Georg Philipp Telemann, Age: 19 years old, Period: 1701–1702, Location: Leipzig (present-day Saxony, Germany)) Legal Studies at Leipzig University (Georg Philipp Telemann, Age: 19 years old, Period: 1701–1703, Location: Leipzig (present-day Germany))
1702	Formation of Connection with St. Thomas Church in Leipzig (Georg Philipp Telemann, Age: 20 years old, Period: 1702–1704, Location: Leipzig (present-day Germany)) Establishment of the Collegium Musicum (Age: 20 years old, Period: 1702, Location: Leipzig (present-day Germany))
1704	Appointment as Organist of the Neue Kirche in Leipzig (Georg Philipp Telemann, Age: 22 years old, Period: 1704, Location: Neue Kirche in Leipzig (present-day Germany))
1705	Appointment as Kapellmeister of the Sorau Court (Georg Philipp Telemann, Age: 23 years old, Period: 1705–1708, Location: Sorau (present-day Żary, Poland))
1708	Appointment as Kapellmeister of the Eisenach Court (Georg Philipp Telemann, Age: 26 years old, Period: 1708–1712, Location: Eisenach (present-day Thuringia, Germany))
1709	Marriage (Georg Philipp Telemann, Amalie Louise Juliane Eberlin, Age: 28 years old, Period: October 13, 1709, Location: Sorau (present-day Żary, Poland))
1712	Appointment as City Music Director of Frankfurt (Georg Philipp Telemann, Age: 30 years old, Period: 1712–1721, Location: Frankfurt am Main (present-day Germany))
1714	Becoming Godfather to Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (Georg Philipp Telemann, Age: 32 years old, Period: 1714, Location: Frankfurt am Main (present-day Germany)) Marriage (Georg Philipp Telemann, Maria Catharina Textor, Age: 33 years old, Period: August 28, 1714, Location: Frankfurt am Main (present-day Germany))
1715	Establishment of the Telemann Publishing House (Age: 33 years old, Period: 1715, Location: Frankfurt am Main (present-day Germany))
1716	Premiere of the Brockes Passion (Age: 34 years old, Period: 1716, Location: Frankfurt am Main (present-day Germany))
1720	Financial and Family Crisis in Hamburg (Georg Philipp Telemann, Age: 38 years old, Period: 1720s–1730s, Location: Hamburg (present-day Germany))
1721	Appointment as Music Director of the Five Principal Churches in Hamburg (Georg Philipp Telemann, Age: 39 years old, Period: 1721–1767, Location: Hamburg (present-day Germany))
1722	Application and Withdrawal for the Thomaskantor Position in Leipzig (Georg Philipp Telemann, Age: 40 years old, Period: 1722, Location: Leipzig (present-day Germany)) Direction of the Hamburg Opera (Georg Philipp Telemann, Age: 40 years old, Period: c. 1722 onwards, Location: Hamburg (present-day Germany))
1737	Stay in Paris (Georg Philipp Telemann, Age: 55 years old, Period: 1737–1738, Location: Paris (present-day France))
1740	Late Compositional Activities and Theoretical Studies (Georg Philipp Telemann, Age: 58 years old, Period: 1740s–1760s, Location: Hamburg (present-day Germany))
1767	Death of Georg Philipp Telemann (Age: 86 years old, Period: June 25, 1767)

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