Telemann: Twelve Fantasias for Solo Flute - Paula Robison

It is thought that the Twelve Fantasies for the Transverse Flute With out a Bass were composed around 1732. By this time, Telemann was firmly established in all musical actívitíes in Hamburg, which was to remain his home for life. In addition to his duties as Cantor and as Capellmeister - at-Large for the Duke of Saxe-Eisenach and for the Margrave of Bayreuth, he was also house composer for Hamburg's famous Goose Market Opera, which lourished by the association. The Fantasies , of which there is also a set for violin solo (and a set for viol, now lost), more or less continue the tradition set by Heinrich von Biber (1644-1704) in his solo violin works, and the Partitas, Sonatas, and Suites for unaccompanied instruments of J. S. Bach.