LIFEM24: Telemann Goes East

In this programme Erik Bosgraaf, together with filoBarocco, searches for Polish traditional folk music through the eyes, or rather pen, of Georg Philipp Telemann. In the 18th century Telemann was a court composer in Sorau (now Zary, Poland) and wrote down all of the melodies he heard in the taverns. It is particularly notable that this gives us an idea of ​​what that music sounded like, because folk music was often not written down. The well-know...