Sonata in B minor for Flute, Violin, Violoncello and Basso continuo (TWV 43:h1) (Score & Parts)

Telemann Sonata in B minor for Flute, Violin, Violoncello and Basso continuo (TWV 43:h1) (Score & Parts)

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767) was a very versatile man, often worked several jobs at the same time and became a music director at several churches, opera director, concert manager, teacher, poet, and, of course, composer.  He even published his music himself!  He greatly contributed to the establishment of public concerts, independent of aristocracy or the church.
 
He composed more than 3,600 works and especially during the Romantic Era was often defamed for having produced quantity and not quality.  Although regarded by his contemporaries as one of the greatest of all composers, his star, faced with the overwhelming presence of Bach and Handel, paled in the course of the 19th century to the verge of contempt.  This assessment changed radically during the course of the last century. Through the systematic exploration of his music, Telemann, once considered purely an instrumental composer, has emerged into a highly cultivated, culturally well-connected and enormously versatile artistic personality who left an indelible mark on the musical life of his time.  Again and again we discover an individual approach in his works that seems to abandon the musical conventions of his day, both large and small.

Bärenreiter’s series "Georg Philipp Telemann: Musical Works" has contributed much to this renewed interest.  Approx. 70 volumes have already been published in this series which was started in the early 1950s.