Telemann, Georg Philipp

TELEMANN, Georg Philipp, German composer, son of a clergyman, born at Magdeburg March 14, 1681, and educated there and at Hildesheim. He received no regular musical training, but by diligently studying the scores of the great masters—he mentions in particular Lully and Campra—made himself master of the science of music. In 1700 he went to the university of Leipzig, and while carrying on his studies in languages and science, became organist of the Neukirche, and founded a society among the students,...