Georg Philipp Telemann portrayed by Georg Lichtensteger (1700-1781, Copperplate Engraving from 1744).
1740
Disposal of the printing plates of the Telemann publishing house, print publishing from now on in other publishing houses (cantata series, Johannespassion 1745, odes, piano works)
1755
Beginning of the series of his great late works with the passion oratorio Der Tod Jesu (The Death of Jesus)
1759
Orchestral setting of two excerpts of Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock’s epic Der Messias (Messiah)
