Twelve Fantasies for viola da gamba solo

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Twelve Fantasias for Viola da Gamba solo , TWV 40: 26–37, are a collection of compositions by Georg Philipp Telemann , which the latter published in Hamburg in 1735 under the title Fantaisies pour la Basse de Violle . The fantasies for viola da gamba were considered lost for a long time until, in 2015 , Thomas Fritzsch found an original print in the Ledenburg collection in Osnabrück . They were published by Edition Güntersberg in 2016 , recorded for the first time by Fritzsch and performed at the 2016 Magdeburg Telemann Festival .

history

Telemann printed his Fantasias for viola da gamba in 1735 in his own publishing house in Hamburg . He offered his works for subscription, with clients also in Amsterdam, London and Paris, and granted a 20% discount on Fantasias.

Based on research by the French musicologist François-Pierre Goy, a print of the fantasies believed to be lost was found in the Lower Saxony State Archives in Osnabrück . The archive houses the private Ledenburg collection, which contains a complete collection of the works Telemann published in 1735. The fantasies were played again for the first time by the viol player Thomas Fritzsch, who also works as a musicologist at the University of Leipzig . He recorded them in the monastery church of Zscheiplitz and performed them in two concerts at the Magdeburg Telemann Festival on March 19 and 20, 2016.

The individual fantasies

The collection contains the following works:

  1. Fantasia in C major (Adagio - Allegro - Adagio - Allegro)
  2. Fantasia in D major (Vivace - Andante - Vivace Presto)
  3. Fantasia in E minor (Largo - Presto - Vivace)
  4. Fantasia in F major (Vivace - Grave - Allegro)
  5. Fantasia in B flat major (Allegro - Largo - Allegro)
  6. Fantasia in G major (Scherzando - Dolce - Spirituoso)
  7. Fantasia in G minor (Andante - Vivace - Allegro)
  8. Fantasia in A major (Allegro - Vivace - Allegro)
  9. Fantasia in C major (Presto - Grave - Allegro)
  10. Fantasia in E major (Dolce - Allegro - Dolce - Allegro Siciliana Scherzando)
  11. Fantasia in D minor (Allegro - Grave - Allegro)
  12. Fantasia in E flat major (Andante - Allegro - Vivace)

The fantasies were written at a time when the instrument was already going out of style. Telemann had to be resourceful in order to attract buyers. One reviewer wrote that the composer poured out a cornucopia of broken chords and passage playing, monophonic and polyphonic writing, both in fugitive and gallant style (“Telemann presents a cornucopia of broken chords, unison and contrapuntal writing, passage work and even some plucking ; there's also a nod to the fashion tussle of the time between the fugal and the galant style ").

Performances and arrangement

After their rediscovery, the Fantasies were performed internationally, especially in Telemann's year 2017, 250 years after his death. She played the viol class at the Frankfurt University of Music . The flautist Monika Mandelartz arranged the fantasies for the recorder, which she described as complex, musically rich pieces, which, however, are not immediately accessible to the player ("complex, musically rich pieces, albeit not immediately understandable to the performer").

Award

Fritzsch was awarded the ECHO Klassik 2017 in the category world premiere for the recording of the fantasies .

output

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767) / Twelve Fantasias for Viola da Gamba solo . Edition Güntersberg . 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  2. ↑ a b Matthew Guerrieri: Lost and found music, two centuries apart ( English ) Boston Globe . June 9, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  3. ^ Stefan Drees: Telemann, Georg Philipp - 12 Fantaisies pour la Basse de Violle / Closing a significant gap in the repertoire . Classic magazine. March 25, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  4. ↑ a b c d Gambist Thomas Fritzsch presents 12 fantasies for viola da gamba that were believed to be lost . Magdeburg Telemann Festival. 2016. Accessed July 6, 2016.
  5. ↑ Thomas Fritzsch . Institute for Music Education of the University of Leipzig . Archived from the original on September 2, 2012. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  6. ↑ World premiere in the monastery church . Burgenlandkreis Regional TV. 2016. Accessed July 6, 2016.
  7. ↑ a b Charlotte Gardner: Telemann / 12 Fantaisies pour la basse de violle ( English ) Gramophone. 2016. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  8. ↑ a b Telemannia: Telemann's Complete 'Lost' 12 Fantasias for Solo Viol, 1735 ( English ) telemann2017.eu. March 10, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  9. ↑ Fantasies in the Garden of Eden / Georg Philipp Telemann: From the 12 Fantasias for Viola da gamba Solo TWV 40: 26–37, 1735 . International Baroque Days Melk Abbey. 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  10. ↑ Georg Philipp Telemann - 12 Fantasias for Viola da Gamba solo . telemann2017.eu. February 21, 2017. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  11. ↑ Monika Mandelartz: Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767) / 12 Fantasias / arranged after the fantasias for viola da gamba solo ( English ) Girolamo. 2016. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  12. ↑ Winners ( English ) Echo Klassik . 2017. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  13. ↑ ECHO Klassik 2017 for Thomas Fritzsch . telemann2017.eu. August 1, 2017. Retrieved August 16, 2016.