Hamburger Ebb 'and Fluth
The Wassermusik TWV 55: C3 by Georg Philipp Telemann - also with the nickname Hamburger Ebb 'and Fluth after the gigue of the same name - is an overture suite in C major. It was performed in 1723 on the occasion of the celebrations for the hundredth anniversary of the Hamburg Admiralty . On the same occasion Telemann wrote the Hamburg Admiralty Music . Telemann went to Hamburg in 1721 to take up the position of cantor at the Johanneum . In addition to teaching, this also included composing activities for the four main churches as well as for the feasts of officers and captains.
What is striking about the work is the tone painting in the introduction to the overture, which uses long tones in the upper part to simulate the calm sea.
From 1992 to 1995, an excerpt from the gigue served as the signature tune for the TV station Arte .
occupation
- 2 oboes (2 recorders, 2 transverse flutes)
- bassoon
- 2 violins
- viola
- Basso continuo
investment
The movements, which - with the exception of the Harlequinade and The Storming Aeolus - are common dances for suites, also have the following programmatic titles:
- overture
- Sarabande : The sleeping Thetis
- Bourrée : The awakening Thetis
- Loure : Neptune in love
- Gavotte : Playing naiads
- Harlequinade : The joking tritone
- The storming Aeolus
- Minuet : The pleasant zephyr
- Gigue : ebb and flow
- Canarie : The funny boots people
The performance lasts approx. 20 minutes.
Web links
- Hamburger Ebb und Fluth : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
- Hamburger Ebb 'und Fluth at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Karl Grebe: Georg Philipp Telemann. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1970, ISBN 3-499-50170-8 , p. 54.