COMPOSER

Georg Philipp Telemann

1681 - 1767

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Georg Philipp Telemann (German pronunciation: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈfiːlɪp ˈteːləman]; 24 March [O.S. 14 March] 1681 – 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 oeuvre. Telemann was considered by his contemporaries to be one of the leading German composers of the time, and he was compared favourably both to his friend Johann Sebastian Bach, who made Telemann the godfather and namesake of his son Carl Philipp Emanuel, and to George Frideric Handel, whom Telemann also knew personally. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georg Philipp Telemann has received more than 993,987 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). Georg Philipp Telemann is the 57th most popular composer (up from 58th in 2019), the 134th most popular biography from Germany (down from 123rd in 2019) and the 13th most popular German Composer.

Georg Philipp Telemann is most famous for being a prolific composer of the Baroque era.

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  • 63

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Georg Philipp Telemann has had the most page views in the with 95,364 views, followed by German (60,103), and Spanish (30,308). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Belarusian (204.52%), Hawaiian (115.78%), and Ido (71.18%)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Georg Philipp Telemann ranks 57 out of 1,451. Before him are Domenico Scarlatti, Camille Saint-Saëns, Antonio Salieri, Orlande de Lassus, Carl Orff, and Erik Satie. After him are Arnold Schoenberg, Vangelis, Henry Purcell, Astor Piazzolla, Johann Christian Bach, and Dieterich Buxtehude.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1681, Georg Philipp Telemann ranks 2. Before him is Vitus Bering. After him are Hedvig Sophia of Sweden, Johann Mattheson, Theophan Prokopovich, Giulia Lama, Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, and Henrietta Godolphin, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough. Among people deceased in 1767, Georg Philipp Telemann ranks 1. After him are Maria Josepha of Bavaria, Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France, Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria, Giambattista Pittoni, Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Burkhard Christoph von Münnich, Étienne de Silhouette, Johann Schobert, Princess Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen, Ekkathat, and Emer de Vattel.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Georg Philipp Telemann ranks 134 out of 7,253. Before him are Heinrich Böll (1917), Michel Ney (1769), Walter Gropius (1883), Erik Erikson (1902), Carl Orff (1895), and George I of Great Britain (1660). After him are Baron Munchausen (1720), Max von Laue (1879), Christian IX of Denmark (1818), Meister Eckhart (1260), Otto Hahn (1879), and Max Müller (1823).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Georg Philipp Telemann ranks 13. Before him are Felix Mendelssohn (1809), Jacques Offenbach (1819), Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714), Richard Strauss (1864), Carl Maria von Weber (1786), and Carl Orff (1895). After him are Johann Christian Bach (1735), Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714), Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710), Hans Zimmer (1957), Johann Pachelbel (1653), and Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928).

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