Georg Philipp Telemann was born in Magdeburg, the son of a Lutheran deacon who died in 1685, leaving the mother to raise their three children alone. The youth showed remarkable talent in music, but was temporarily discouraged in his chosen pursuit by Puritan Lutherans, who told Telemann's mother that he would turn out no better than "a clown, a tightrope walker or a marmot-trainer." In opposition to his mother's wishes, Telemann continued to study in secrecy until she relented, allowing him to train under the highly respected Kantor Benedict Christiani, at the Old City School. Outside of some early lessons in reading tablature, Telemann was self-taught and was capable of playing the flute, violin, viola da gamba, oboe, trombone, double bass, and several keyboard instruments. Telemann began to write music from childhood, producing an opera, Sigismundus, by age 12.

From the original 36 Fantasies for the Harpsichord by Georg Philipp Telemann, the individual pieces are grouped into three series of twelve. They are very much representative of Telemann's introduction to Germany of the galant style from France, which is characterized by a lighter and less contrapuntal style of writing. Furthermore, Telemann's Fantaisies TWV 33 are considered to be precursors of the Classical sonata form, thus preparing the way for Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach in the eighteenth century.

Source: IMSLP (https://imslp.org/wiki/36_Fantaisies_pour_le_clavessin ,_TWV_33:1-36_(Telemann,_Georg_Philipp) ).

Although originally created for Keyboard (Harpsichord), I created this Arrangement of the Fantasy III from 12 Fantasie (TWV 33:1-12 No. 3) for Violin & Viola.