Telemann Museum

The Telemann Museum is a museum in the Composers Quarter in Hamburg-Neustadt, Germany.[1] It was founded in 2011 and is dedicated to the classical composer Georg Philipp Telemann.[2]

Telemann Museum
entrance of the museum
Location within Germany
Established2011
LocationPeterstraße 29, Hamburg-Neustadt
Coordinates53°33′4.46″N 9°58′35.57″E
Typebiographical museum
Collectionsabout Georg Philipp Telemann
Curatordr. Alexander Odefey
Websitewww.telemann-museum.de

The museum is situated in an historical building in the Peterstraße, where Telemann lived and worked from 1721 until his death in 1767.[3] The presentation highlights his personality, including his passion for his botanic garden, and the signification he had musically and culturally in his era.[4]

A great deal of the musical attention is spent to his compositions for the civilians and of church music. The museum houses old archives and maintains an extensive library of books that center around the history of music and culture of the 18th century. The exposition shows first issues and a number of utensils, like an original spinet from 1730 of the builder Thomas Hitchcock. This instrument is used during music performances in the museum.[5]

Impression

See also

References
  1. Hamburger Abentblatt, „KomponistenQuartier“: Schlüsselübergabe in neuem Museum, 16 December 2014 (in German)
  2. Die Welt, Festwochenende: 60 Jahre Hamburger Telemann Gesellschaft, 5 October 2018 (in German)
  3. Neue Musik Zeitung, Übervater der Barockmusik»: 250. Todestag von Georg Philipp Telemann Personalia, 25 June 2017 (in German)
  4. Stadt Hamburg, Telemann-Museum (in German)
  5. Musikermuseen, Telemann-Museum Hamburg (in German)
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