The Telemann Museum is a museum in the Composers Quarter in

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. It was founded in 2011 and is dedicated to the classical composer

Georg Philipp 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 b ...

. The museum is situated in an historical building in the Peterstraße, where Telemann lived and worked from 1721 until his death in 1767.Neue Musik Zeitung
Übervater der Barockmusik»: 250. Todestag von Georg Philipp Telemann Personalia
25 June 2017 The presentation highlights his personality, including his passion for his botanic garden, and the significance he had musically and culturally in his era.Stadt Hamburg
Telemann-Museum
A great deal of attention is given to Telemann's church music and his secular compositions in such fields as opera. The museum houses old archives and maintains an extensive library of books that center on the history of music and culture of the 18th century. The exposition shows first issues and a number of utensils, like an original

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from 1730 of the builder Thomas Hitchcock. This instrument is used during music performances in the museum.Musikermuseen
Telemann-Museum Hamburg

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