Telemann Museum
The Telemann Museum was opened in May 2011 by the Hamburg Telemann Society eV as the world's first museum about the composer Georg Philipp Telemann .
Goals and exhibition program
The predominantly privately financed Telemann Museum was initially located in Hamburg's Peterstrasse 39 and provided information on 13 large-format panels and other exhibits about the life and work of Georg Philipp Telemann. Telemann himself had no connection to the 18th century house in Hamburg's Peterstrasse, but he worked nearby in Hamburg's St. Michaelis Church and as Director of Music for the other four main churches .
Relocation due to the establishment of the composer's quarter
In 2013, planning began for a so-called “composers 'quarter” in Hamburg's Peterstraße 28 (headquarters; the museums are Peterstraße 31-39), initiated by the Carl Toepfer Foundation and Hamburg-based composers' societies. In addition to the museums for Johannes Brahms and Georg Philipp Telemann that already exist there, there are other composers' museums, including a. for Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and Johann Adolf Hasse . The opening of the museums in newly designed and enlarged rooms for Georg Philipp Telemann, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and Johann Adolf Hasse took place in March 2015.
Content and exhibition
For 46 years, more than half of his life, Telemann, who was born in Magdeburg, shaped and organized musical life in the Hanseatic city of Hamburg. In addition to his church music duties, he was also artistic director and opera composer at the Hamburg Gänsemarktoper for 15 years . He also composed numerous instrumental and vocal works on behalf of the city for festive occasions. In addition, there was an abundance of compositions for large and small ensembles, with which the bourgeoisie was increasingly integrated into the music world. The exhibition in the museum focuses on Telemann's years in Hamburg. A first focus is his sacred music, a second is dedicated to his operatic activities and a third deals with his role in public musical life.
In three showcases there are some original documents, including a. the handwritten text of the inauguration cantata Zerschmettert die Götzen der Nienstedten Church in 1751, whose premiere Telemann himself directed, and an original text book of the oratorio for the inauguration of the new St. Michaelis Church in 1762, for which Telemann wrote the music. The General Evangelical Songbook from 1730 published by Telemann is another valuable archival document in the original handwriting of the 18th century. A spinet by the instrument maker Thomas Hitchcock from 1730, a gift from the collection of Andreas E. Beurmann , is placed in the center of the room.
The museum also houses the library, which has been compiled since 1958, with books on Telemann and the musical culture of Hamburg in the 18th century.
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Telemann Foundation
The Telemann Foundation was established in 2013 to provide permanent and exclusive support to the Hamburg Telemann Museum. Board of Directors: Erich Braun-Egidius (Chairman), Marcus Buschka, Esther Hey, Mathias v. Marcard, François Maher Presley .
Web links
- Museum website
- Website of the composers' quarter
- Joachim Mischke: Brahms has a new neighbor in Hamburg . In: Hamburger Abendblatt , May 7, 2011, accessed: May 20, 2011.
- Peter Krause: Telemann is finally living in his own home . In: Die Welt , May 9, 2011, accessed: May 20, 2011.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Six museums in one place , on: Website of the composers' quarter, accessed on August 22, 2016
- ↑ The Telemann Museum receives a spinet from the Beurmann collection . In: Hamburger Abendblatt , May 19, 2011, accessed: May 20, 2011.
- ↑ http://www.telemann-stiftung.de
Coordinates: 53 ° 33 ′ 4.5 " N , 9 ° 58 ′ 35.6" E