Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto G-major TWV 51:G9: Viola: Instrumental Work

Georg Philipp Telemann's Concerto No.1 In C arranged for 4 Violas by Alan Arnold. Score and parts.

Tafelmusik I - Full score from the Telemann Selected Musical Works Edition Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767)Musical Works Edited by Martin Ruhnke und Wolf Hobohm in cooperation with the Telemann Conservation and Research Centre in Magdeburg This edition is designed to present researchers and performers with a representative selection of the works of Georg Philipp Telemann in reliable scholarly editions. It will contain characteristic works from each genre of the composer's voluminous œuvre including chamber music instrumental concertos orchestral suites pieces for keyboard instruments church cantatas Passion settings motets psalms masses sacred concertos operas oratorios secular cantatas songs and arias. Each volume contains a preface several facsimile reproductions from the source material and a critical report. The suitability of the edition for performance purposes is emphasized by the instrumental parts accompanying the volumes of chamber music.

TWV 40:14 - 40:25-Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767) paid particular attention to the field of chamber music without bass. Intended for the amateur or student these pieces are genuine examples of Baroque music displaying an original devotion to music the effect of which can still be felt today. The 12 Fantasias for Violin without Bass 1735 formally display a cyclic construction with numerous variants. Elements of the sonata the concerto or the suite are taken up and expertly contrasted with one another. The richly developed part writing ensures full use of the playing possibilities of the instrument. About Bärenreiter Urtext: In the international musicworld “Bärenreiter Urtext” is synonymous with performing editions in which the musical text has been prepared using clearly formulated scholarly critical criteria. Editors which include prominent musicologists as well as musicians take all available sources into account thus guaranteeing an authentic musical text which represents the latest in musicological research. For Bärenreiter “Urtext” is more than just a label – it is also a pledge and a guarantee for sheet music performing editions that present the authentic text and the latest findings of scholarly research enabling musicians to get as close to the composer’s intentions as the surviving sources will allow. There are no arbitrary editorial additions and the quality of the musical text is matched by an appearance on the page that satisfies the most discerning eye.