Georg Philipp Telemann

Georg Philipp Telemann
A portrait of Telemann by Valentin Daniel Preisler, after a lost painting by Michael Schneider, 1750
Born	24 March 1681 Magdeburg
Died	25 June 1767(1767-06-25) (aged 86) Hamburg
Occupations	Multi-instrumentalist Composer Music director Music publisher

Georg Philipp Telemann (March 24, 1681 – June 25, 1767) was a German baroque composer. He wrote more than 3,000 pieces of music, many of which were published. As publishing cost much money at that time, this was quite unusual. He mostly taught himself musically and knew how to play instruments. During his life people thought he was one of the greatest composers. He also wrote lots of church music, most of which is not common today.