Glossary
Contents
TVWV 1 - Church music for use in church services
TVWV 2 - Music for church dedications
TVWV 3 - Music for introductions by preachers
TVWV 4 - Music for mourning occasions
TVWV 5 - Passion Oratorios and Gospel Passions
TVWV 6 - Sacred oratorios and related compositions
TVWV 7 - Psalm settings
TVWV 8 - Motets
TVWV 9 - Mass compositions, Magnificat and individual movements
TVWV 10 - Choral book and collections of sacred compositions
TVWV 11 - Music for weddings
TVWV 12 - Music for births and birthdays
TVWV 13 - Music for political celebrations
TVWV 14 - Music for Hamburg and Altona schools
TVWV 15 - Captain's Music (Oratorios and Serenatas)
TVWV 20 - Secular cantatas
TVWV 21 - Operas
TVWV 22 - Interludes to operas by other composers
TVWV 23 - Prologues to operas
TVWV 24 - Music for festive occasions in Hamburg
TVWV 25 - Textbooks, odes and songs
(Revised categorisation according to Werner Menke, Thematic catalogue of vocal works by Georg Philipp Telemann, 2 vols., Frankfurt a.M. 1982-1983, expanded edition vol. 1: 1988, unchanged reprint vol. 2: 1995).
Instrumental works
Section 3: Works for keyboard instruments and lute
TWV 30 - Fugues
TWV 31 - Choral preludes
TWV 32 - Suites
TWV 33 - Fantasies, Sonatas, Concerti
TWV 34 - Minuet Collections
TWV 35 - Single pieces
TWV 36 - composite manuscript D-Mbs, Mus.ms. 1579
TWV 37 - Merry mishmash
TWV 39 - Works for lute
Section 4: Chamber music
TWV 40 - Chamber music without b.c.
TWV 41 - Chamber music for 1 instrument and b.c.
TWV 42 - Chamber music for 2 instruments and b.c.
TWV 43 - Chamber music for 3 instruments and b.c.
TWV 44 - Chamber music for 4 and more instruments and b.c.
TWV 45 - Polish dances from the Rostock manuscript
Section 5: Orchestral music
TWV 50 - Symphonies, Divertimenti, Marches
TWV 51 - Concertos for 1 solo instrument and accompaniment
TWV 52 - Concertos for 2 solo instruments and accompaniment
TWV 53 - Concertos for 3 solo instruments and accompaniment
TWV 54 - Concertos for 4 solo instruments, strings and b.c. and group concertos
TWV 55 - Overture Suites
(Revised categorisation according to Martin Ruhnke, Georg Philipp Telemann. Thematic-systematic catalogue of his works. Catalogue of Telemann's works (TWV), Instrumental works, 3 vols, Kassel: 1984-1999 [Georg Philipp Telemann. Musikalische Werke. Supplement]).
| 33/34J | Year 1733/34 |
| 49/50J | Year 1749/50 |
| AdA | Excerpt from those arias |
| BranJ | Brandenburg vintage |
| ConcJ | Concert vintage |
| EmbJ | Emblematic vintage |
| AngelJ | Engel vintage |
| FoHarmGD | Continuation of the harmonious service |
| FranzJ | French vintage |
| GSuS1 | Spiritual singing and playing (1710/1711) |
| GSuS2 | Spiritual singing and playing (1717/1718) |
| GeistBrO | Spiritual burnt offering |
| SpiritC | Sacred cantatas |
| HarmGD | Harmonious church service |
| HarmLG | Harmonious praise of God, see HerdaJ |
| HerdaJ | Herda vintage (formerly HarmLG) |
| HornJ | Horn vintage |
| JoR | Vintage without recitative |
| LasterZykl | Vice cycle |
| SongJ | Song vintage |
| Ling1 | 1st Lingen vintage |
| Ling2 | 2nd Lingen vintage |
| MusLG | Musical praise of God |
| NewL | New song |
| OdenJ | Oden vintage |
| OratJ | Oratorical vintage |
| PoetFrü | Poetic fruits of the lips |
| PoetOr | Poetic oratorios |
| RambGP | Rambach, Spiritual Poetry |
| ShoJ | Schubart vintage |
| SoulJ | Seelmann vintage |
| SicJ | Sicilian vintage |
| StolbJ | Stolberg vintage |
| WilOr | Oratorios according to Wilkens |
| WordChr | The word of Christ in Psalms |