The Telemann Compendium

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Today [. . .] Zohn can rightly claim that 'as the composer's music has steadily become better known, opinions of him have risen in equal measure' (p.117). And this is thanks in no small part to Zohn himself, who has almost singlehandedly set the tone for English-language Telemann research in the twenty-first century. Building on the efforts of recent generations of early music practitioners and scholars, The Telemann Compendium makes it clear that this extraordinary composer's fame and success will have been anything but vain and fleeting. -- Paul Newton-Jackson * Music & Letters * An American music professor, Steven Zohn, has created a Telemann book which will probably surpass the wildest dreams of lovers of his music. . . . The work is a practical handbook for people who, without great difficulty, would like to gain a better understanding of the extremely productive and in his time, popular composer, Georg Philipp Telemann, who in his 86-year life created thousands of works, of which 3600 are preserved today. -- Henrik Docker * CUSTOS * The author and the publishers have succeeded triumphantly in providing a volume well-written, edited and presented, with clear and invaluable cross-references between items in the Dictionary - which provides both ordinary music lovers and specialists with ready access in English to the latest scholarly information and insights about Telemann. It can be highly recommended. -- Robert Manning * The Consort *