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's ''12 fantaisies à traversière sans basse'', 12 Fantasias for Solo Flute,

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40:2–13, were published in

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in 1732–33. An extant copy of the publication, conserved in Brussels, has a spurious title page reading ''Fantasie per il Violino senza Basso'' (Fantasias for Solo Violin). The set is one of Telemann's collections of fantasias for unaccompanied instruments, the others being a set of , also published in 1732–33, and two sets published in 1735: twelve for solo violin and twelve for viola da gamba. Telemann's solo flute fantasias are alone in the Baroque repertoire to include movements seemingly impossible on flute:

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s (fantasias 2, 6, and 8–11), a

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(fantasia 7) and a

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(fantasia 5). In 2012, an arrangement for

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solo was published by Euprint. In this arrangement, through the use of double stops, some many-voiced parts appear as real polyphonic pieces.

Structure

This work comprises the following: #Fantasia in A major (Vivace – Allegro) #Fantasia in A minor (Grave – Vivace – Adagio – Allegro) #Fantasia in B minor (Largo – Vivace – Largo – Vivace – Allegro) #Fantasia in B-flat major (Andante – Allegro – Presto) #Fantasia in C major (Presto – Largo – Presto – Dolce – Allegro – Allegro) #Fantasia in D minor (Dolce – Allegro – Spirituoso) #Fantasia in D major (Alla francese – Presto) #Fantasia in E minor (Largo – Spirituoso – Allegro) #Fantasia in E major (Affettuoso – Allegro – Grave – Vivace) #Fantasia in F-sharp minor (A Tempo giusto – Presto – Moderato) #Fantasia in G major (Allegro – Adagio – Vivace – Allegro) #Fantasia in G minor (Grave – Allegro – Grave – Allegro – Dolce – Allegro – Presto) The collection is arranged by key, progressing more or less stepwise from A major to G minor. Telemann deliberately avoided keys that are impractical on the one-key flute, i.e. B major, C minor, F minor and F-sharp major. There are two ways to view the overall structure of the collection: one way, in which the work is divided into two parts, is suggested by the fact that Fantasia 7 begins with a

, indicating a start of a new section. This device was also later used by

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in Variation 16 of his ''

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''. Another was proposed by scholar

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: there are four modal groups of three fantasias: major-minor-minor, major-major-minor, major-minor-major, and minor-major-minor.

References

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External links

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Telemann Georg Philipp Telemann (; – 25 June 1767) was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. He is one of the most prolific composers in history, at least in terms of surviving works. Telemann was considered by his contemporaries to be ...