Glossary

Contents

Overview of work groups

Vocal works

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]).

Overview of church music affiliations

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