Question: What was George Philipp Telemann's career?

Context articles: Sonates sans basse (Telemann)
Water Music (Telemann)
Paris quartets
Kapitänsmusik
Fula gubbar
Pimpinone
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for Two Violas (Telemann)
Admiralitätsmusik
Magdeburger Telemann-Festtage

The title page of the original 1727 print of Georg Philipp Telemann's Sonates sans basse for two flutes, violins, or recorders (TWV 40:101–106), first published in Hamburg in 1727, reads: "Sonates sans basse à deux Flutes traverses, ou à deux Violons, ou à deux Flutes à bec <…> par George Philippe Telemann <…> Hambourg, 1727".
 The six sonatas consist of four movements each, and are catalogued in the following tonalities: (1.)
 G major, (2.)
 D major, (3.)
 A major, (4.)
 E minor, (5.)
 B minor, (6.)
 E major.
Water Music ("Wassermusik "), TWV 55:C3, is the common name of an orchestral suite by the German Baroque composer Georg Philipp Telemann, with the full title Hamburger Ebb' und Fluth (Hamburg ebb and flood).
 Telemann composed the piece in ten movements to celebrate the centennial anniversary of the in a performance on 6 April 1723.
 The suite draws upon Hamburg's geographical location as an important and successful port on the river Elbe while Telemann illustrates the piece with mythological water deities and tone painting giving the nautical theme added depth.
 The overture begins by representing the physical movement of the ocean, followed by several dance movements: first, the sleeping sea goddess Thetis, the mother of Achilles, who then awakes; the sea god Neptune in love; playful water nymphs known as Naiads; Neptune's son and sea messenger Triton joking; Aeolus, ruler of the winds; and Zephir, god of the west wind.
 Two final pieces follow, one depicting the tides of Hamburg and finally, its happy sailors.
The Paris quartets is a collective designation for two sets of chamber-music compositions, each consisting of six works for flute, violin, viola da gamba (or cello), and continuo, by Georg Philipp Telemann, first published in 1730 and 1737, respectively.
 Telemann called his two collections "Quadri" and "Nouveaux Quatuors".
 The collective designation "Paris quartets" was only first bestowed upon them in the second half of the twentieth century by the editors of the Telemann "Musikalische Werke", because of their association with Telemann's celebrity visit to Paris in 1737–38 .
 They bear the numbers 43:D1, 43:D3, 43:e1, 43:e4, 43:G1, 43:G4, 43:g1, 43:A1, 43:A3, 43:a2, 43:h1, 43:h2 in the TWV (catalog of Telemann's works).
The Hamburgische Kapitänsmusik (Hamburg Captain’s Music) refers to a body of compositions by Georg Philipp Telemann.
 They comprise sacred oratorios and secular serenades. 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.
"Fula gubbar" is a song written by Magnus Uggla, and recorded by himself on the 1986 album "Den döende dandyn".
 While lyrical dealing with older men's attraction to younger girls, the simple tune made the song popular among young children, leading to it being referred to as "Kindergarten pop".
 The inspiration was taken from "Ceciderunt in profundum", a Georg Philipp Telemann choir composition.
Pimpinone, TWV 21:15, is a comic opera by the German composer Georg Philipp Telemann with a libretto by Johann Philipp Praetorius.
 Its full title is "Die Ungleiche Heirat zwischen Vespetta und Pimpinone oder Das herrsch-süchtige Camer Mägden" ("The Unequal Marriage Between Vespetta and Pimpinone or The Domineering Chambermaid").
 The work is described as a "Lustiges Zwischenspiel" ("comic intermezzo") in three parts.
 It was first performed at the Oper am Gänsemarkt in Hamburg on 27 September 1725 as light relief between the acts of Telemann's adaptation of Handel's opera seria "Tamerlano".
 "Pimpinone" was highly successful and pointed the way forward to later intermezzi, particularly Giovanni Battista Pergolesi's "La serva padrona".
Georg Philipp Telemann (24 March [O.S. 14 March] 1681 – 25 June 1767) (] ) was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist.
 Almost completely self-taught in music, he became a composer against his family's wishes.
 After studying in Magdeburg, Zellerfeld, and Hildesheim, Telemann entered the University of Leipzig to study law, but eventually settled on a career in music.
 He held important positions in Leipzig, Sorau, Eisenach, and Frankfurt before settling in Hamburg in 1721, where he became musical director of the five main churches.
 While Telemann's career prospered, his personal life was always troubled: his first wife died only a few months after their marriage, and his second wife had extramarital affairs and accumulated a large gambling debt before leaving Telemann.
The Concerto for 2 violas in G major, TWV 52:G3, is a work by Georg Philipp Telemann.
 Telemann was famous for writing concertos for various instruments and at the time the viola was not a popular instrument for a concerto because it was considered an English instrument, thus unfashionable.
 However, Telemann was a viola player himself, and wrote for the instrument.
 One of his most famous concertos was .
Hamburger Admiralitätsmusik ("Hamburg Admiralty Music") TWV 24:1 is a secular oratorio for soloists, choir and orchestra composed by Georg Philipp Telemann to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Hamburg's admiralty.
 It was first performed on April 6, 1723, along with Telemann's "Wassermusik (Hamburger Ebb' und Fluth)" at a banquet for the city's merchants, sea captains, and councillors that lasted until dawn.
 The work is on a nautical theme and set to verses by Michael Richey, a professor at the Johanneum school in Hamburg where Telemann also taught.
The Magdeburg Telemann Festival has been held biennially in Magdeburg since 1990 in honour of Georg Philipp Telemann, usually around Telemann's birthday, the 14th of March.