"Telemann: Triosonata in b TWV 42:h6" genre: Strings
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	Largo-Vivace-Andante-Allegro. For violin, viola da gamba and harpsichord. Recorded at Frederiksberg Castle, Copenhagen Denmark, november 2, 2000
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	Story Behind the Song Georg Philipp Telemann - a music entrepreneur With the turn of the century, and the immense advances in computer and information technology, allowing for rapid copying and easy widespread distributing of the latest ideas in science, art, music, or any creative activities, issues of copyright has come into focus. From a historical point of view, copyrighting is a rather recent invention. In the renaissance and baroque eras, musical ideas and sometimes whole works by composers were copied or re-used by others. This was not considered theft, but instead a flattering tribute to the original. Of course, many composers in these times had a stable position at a court or a church, writing music supposed to be performed for specific occasions, and were happy to see the music performed or used after that.Georg Philipp Telemann was a pioneer in both the fields of copyright and making music easily accessible to everyone. He had several positions during has life both as Kantor in churches and as court musician, but along with the employees' duties he took a very active part in musical life in society, both by arranging public concerts, attracting and engaging musical students in performing music, and by composing and publishing enormous amounts of chamber music for the general audience. Much of this music was published in the from of a periodical that you could subscribe to. For this, he himself engraved the copperplates for printing. (This involves writing inversed, from right to left; According to legend, Telemann composed the music while engraving.) To increase usefulness he offered compositions in various arrangements, often allowing for substitution of an instrument for another, or the omission of some parts. A clever trick to keep subscribers faithful was to publish a sonata in four movements with two movements each in two different issues of the periodical. In his public concerts, he mixed new compositions with music formerly composed for special occasions, that otherwise would never have been heard by most. By performing church music in concert halls, he also contributed to breaking down barriers between sacred and secular music. Towards the mid-1730s, Telemann became aware that a great number of his works were spread in Europe, and in particular in Paris, as pirated editions. And Telemann, of course, takes advantage of this. (Like a Frank Zappa, making a CD with the best pirate recordings of himself.) Telemann collects as much as he can of his old music, composes a lot of new music and sees to it that he is invited to the important concert places in Paris. In 1737 the journey takes place, and the visit lasts for eight months. Through this tour he markets himself in Paris, and also supervises the publication of some of his works. The eight sonatas by Telemann on the Scandinavian Baroque Trios CD's are taken from a manuscript in Hessisches Landesbibliothek in Darmstadt, Germany. One of them was published by Telemann in his "Essercizii Musici". They are stylistically very similar to the well-known "Paris quartets" (with an additional flute part ) that Telemann performed on his Paris visit. It may be that these trio sonatas were also brought to Paris or composed for the occasion. They are all in four movements except for one, an E Major "Concerto" in three movements. Telemann is supposed to have said that he was uninterested in the traditional instrumental concerto with extended solo passages, and typically, as in this trio, also the solos are like chamber music in character. As so often in Telemann's music, we meet both dialogues between the violin and viol, heralding the "galant" music style, as well as pieces inspired by folk music. Lyrics Largo-Vivace-Andante-Allegro. For violin, viola da gamba and harpsichord. Recorded at Frederiksberg Castle, Copenhagen Denmark, november 2, 2000

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