Six Duets

by Georg Philipp Telemann

à deux Flutes Traversières, ouà

deux Violons ouà deux Flutes à bec

For v iolins, flutes or voice-flutes

© Peter J Billam, 2018

This score is offered under theCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

licence; seecreativecommons.org

This edition 24 January 2019.

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Six Duets, arranged for Recorder

Georg Philipp Telemann, the most prolific composer of his time, and widelyregarded as Germany’s leading composer during the first half of the 18thcentury, was born in Magdeburg in 1681.

In 1727 in Hamburg he self-published these six duets, (TWV 40:101-106).The complete title is "Sonates sans basse, à deux Flutes traversières ou àdeux Violons ou à deux Flutes à bec, dédiées à Messieurs George Behrmannet Pierre Ditric Toennies par George Philippe Telemann, Directeur de laMusique à Hambourg 1727."

The two dedicatees were keen amateur musicians from good Hamburgfamilies; it is interesting to note that Telemann intended these Duets foreducated amateurs.

In this edition they hav e been transposed into the keys in which modernrecorder players would expect to read them.

Duet Original C recorder Frecorder TWV1. Gmaj Fmaj Bbmaj TWV 40:1012. Dmaj Cmaj Fmaj TWV 40:1023. A maj Gmaj dmaj TWV 40:1034. emin dmin gmin TWV 40:1045. bmin amin dmin TWV 40:1056. Emaj Dmaj Gmaj TWV 40:106

In some editions, for example Möseler, the first two Sonatas are exchanged.Here I have followed the TWV order.

Telemann died of a chest ailment in 1767 in Hamburg. Hisgrandson GeorgMichael inherited a large number of autographs and manuscript copies of hisvocal works. Therest of his musical estate was sold at auction in Hamburgon the 6th of September 1769, and most of this material has disappeared.

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Sonata 11For D recorders

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Sonata 210 For flutes, violins or voice−flutes

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Sonata 317For flutes, violins or voice−flutes

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Sonata 425G. P. Telemann, for flutes, violins or voice−flutes

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ccBY

Peter Billam was born in London in 1948, studied piano, and lived in Switzerland from 1973 to1983, where he studied composition, classical guitar, flute and voice, worked as Musical Directorof the Théâtre Populaire Romand, and as recording engineer, record producer and computerprogrammer. He moved to Tasmania in 1983, and lectured in composition at the Conservatorium.He foundedwww.pjb.com.au, becoming the first composer to sell scores on-line, taking scoresfrom Composer to Performer in one immediate step.Www.pjb.com.auoffers a new approach tomusic publishing. These pieces arewritten to be read, made to be played !

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