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Georg Philipp Telemann : Gulliver's Travels

edited by David Pickett

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 -- 1767) was born in Magdeburg and studied both Music and Law. He was proficient on many instruments. A contemporary of J. S. Bach, he was active in Leipzig, Frankfurt and Hamburg, writing and publishing many compositions both vocal and instrumental.

This suite was written by Telemann for a musical magazine, Der Getreue Music-Meister (The Faithful Music-master), that he himself engraved and published in installments every two weeks, beginning in November 1728.

The titles refer to Jonathan Swift’s satirical novel, Gulliver’s Travels, published in German a year earlier.

1. Intrada
2. Lilliputian Chaconne
3. Brobdingnagian Jig
4. Daydreams of the Laputians together with their attendant flappers
5. Loure of the well-mannered Houyhnhnms / Wild dance of the untamed Yahoos

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