Kapitänsmusik

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[[Image:Telemann - Kapitänsmusik.jpg|thumb|180px|right|Manuscript score of ''So gehe hin und iß dein Brot mit Freuden'' (''Kapitänsmusik'' oratorio, 1730)]]

[[Image:Telemann - Kapitänsmusik.jpg|thumb|180px|right|Manuscript score of ''So gehe hin und iß dein Brot mit Freuden'' (''Kapitänsmusik'' oratorio, 1730)]]

The '''Hamburgische Kapitänsmusik''' (Hamburg Captain’s Music) refers to a body of compositions by [[Georg Philipp Telemann]]. They comprise [[Religious music|sacred]] [[oratorio]]s and [[secular]] [[serenade]]s. However, the oratorios were intended to be performed in a secular setting, the Hamburg Drillhaus, and their characters are almost exclusively allegorical. The ''Kapitänsmusik'' was written for the annual banquet (or ''convivium'') of the [[Hamburg]] [[militia]] captains. The works span the period from 1723 to 1766, although many of the manuscripts have now been lost, and in several of those years no banquet was held. Although Telemann’s grandson Georg Michael Telemann inherited many autographs and manuscript copies of Telemann’s vocal works, the rest of his musical estate, including the ''Kapitänsmusik'', was sold at an auction in Hamburg on September 6, 1769. Much of that material has since disappeared, and the auction catalogue has not survived. Of the 36 ''Kapitänsmusiken'' that Telemann wrote, only 10 oratorios (with nine complete oratorio–serenade pairs) plus a few separate pieces are extant today.Steven Zohn, 'Telemann, Georg Philipp', ''[[The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians]]'', 2nd edition, [[Stanley Sadie]] and John Tyrell (editors), Oxford University Press, 2001.

The '''Hamburgische Kapitänsmusik''' (Hamburg Captain’s Music) refers to a body of compositions by [[Georg Philipp Telemann]]. They comprise [[Religious music|sacred]] [[oratorio]]s and [[secular]] [[serenade]]s. However, the oratorios were intended to be performed in a secular setting, the Hamburg Drillhaus, and their characters are almost exclusively allegorical. The ''Kapitänsmusik'' was written for the annual banquet (or ''convivium'') of the [[Hamburg]] [[militia]] captains. The works span the period from 1723 to 1766, although many of the manuscripts have now been lost, and in several of those years no banquet was held. Although Telemann’s grandson Georg Michael Telemann inherited many autographs and manuscript copies of Telemann’s vocal works, the rest of his musical estate, including the ''Kapitänsmusik'', was sold at an auction in Hamburg on September 6, 1769. Much of that material has since disappeared, and the auction catalogue has not survived. Of the 36 ''Kapitänsmusiken'' that Telemann wrote, only 10 oratorios (with nine complete oratorio–serenade pairs) plus a few separate pieces are extant today.Steven Zohn, 'Telemann, Georg Philipp', ''[[The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians]]'', 2nd edition, [[Stanley Sadie]] and John Tyrell (editors), Oxford University Press, 2001.