12 Fantasias for Solo Flute

Musical work by Georg Philipp Telemann December 2017 thumb|Title page of 12 Fantasias for Flute without Bass. Georg Philipp Telemann's 12 fantaisies à traversière sans basse,990062490 12 Fantasias for Solo Flute, TWV 40:2–13, were published in Hamburg in 1732–33. An extant copy of the publication, conserved in Brussels, has a spurious title page reading Fantasie per il Violino senza Basso (Fantasias for Solo Violin). The set is one of Telemann's collections of fantasias for unaccompanied instruments, the others being a set of 36 Fantaisies pour le clavessin, TWV 33:1–36 scores 36 Fantaisies pour le clavessin, TWV 33:1–36 (Telemann, Georg Philipp) thirty-six for harpsichord, also published in 1732–33, and two sets published in 1735: twelve for solo violin and twelve for viola da gamba.Anon. 2015 Telemann's solo flute fantasias are alone in the Baroque repertoire to include movements seemingly impossible on flute: fugues (fantasias 2, 6, and 8–11), a French overture (fantasia 7) and a passacaglia (fantasia 5).Zohn 2008 429 In 2012, an arrangement for viola solo was published by Euprint.Georg Philipp Telemann (composer), Luc Dejans (arranger). Fantasias for Viola solo TWV 40:02-13 (orig. for Flute)-album https://web.archive.org/web/20210213212526/https://www.euprint.be/en/fantasias-viola-solo-twv-4002-13-orig-flute-album 2021-02-13 Euprint, 2012. 979-0-3654-1300-3 In this arrangement, through the use of double stops, some many-voiced parts appear as real polyphonic pieces. Structure This work comprises the following: Fantasia in A major (Vivace – Allegro) Fantasia in A minor (Grave – Vivace – Adagio – Allegro) Fantasia in B minor (Largo – Vivace – Largo – Vivace – Allegro) Fantasia in Bflat major (Andante – Allegro – Presto) Fantasia in C major (Presto – Largo – Presto – Dolce – Allegro – Allegro) Fantasia in D minor (Dolce – Allegro – Spirituoso) Fantasia in D major (Alla francese – Presto) Fantasia in E minor (Largo – Spirituoso – Allegro) Fantasia in E major (Affettuoso – Allegro – Grave – Vivace) Fantasia in Fsharp minor (A Tempo giusto – Presto – Moderato) Fantasia in G major (Allegro – Adagio – Vivace – Allegro) Fantasia in G minor (Grave – Allegro – Grave – Allegro – Dolce – Allegro – Presto) The collection is arranged by key, progressing more or less stepwise from A major to G minor. Telemann deliberately avoided keys that are impractical on the one-key flute, i.e. B major, C minor, F minor and Fsharp major. There are two ways to view the overall structure of the collection: one way, in which the work is divided into two parts, is suggested by the fact that Fantasia 7 begins with a French overture, indicating a start of a new section. This device was also later used by Johann Sebastian Bach in Variation 16 of his Goldberg Variations. Another was proposed by scholar Wolfgang Hirschmann: there are four modal groups of three fantasias: major-minor-minor, major-major-minor, major-minor-major, and minor-major-minor.Zohn 2008 428 References Notes Sources http://www.telemann.org/telemann-zentrum/news/109.html Sensationelle Wiederentdeckung Anon. 2015-08-10 Zentrum für Telemann-Pflege und -Forschung Magdeburg 2016-02-21 2016-03-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303164843/http://www.telemann.org/telemann-zentrum/news/109.html dead Zohn Steven 2008 Music for a Mixed Taste: Style, Genre, and Meaning in Telemann's Instrumental Works Oxford University Press US 978-0-19-516977-5 registration https://archive.org/details/musicformixedtas00zohn_0 External links 12 Fantasias for Flute without Bass, TWV 40:2-13 (Telemann, Georg Philipp) contains scores including the original edition, and performances. Fantasia Category:Solo flute pieces Telemann