Georg Ludvík Telemann

Georg Ludvík Telemann (2 June, 1838 - 19 August, 1890) was an Austrian-Lovian composer.

Early life
Telemann was born in the village of Barbacs (now Hungary) to Friedrich Telemann and Maria Svoboda, both Roman Catholic. He was noted to have talent in music, but his poor parents could not afford a teacher. They did however encourage him to play music. In 1848 Georg left his hometown due to the tense situation at the time and settled in Carrington Island where he learned under the master Pieter Hausman. There he learned to speak some Dutch, besides Czech and German, and, more importantly, he composed the famous Grijzestad Symphonie, a piece which represented the historic battles of Grijzestad.

In Lovia
Moving to New York in 1870, he married Jeanette Dumont. Telemann, unable to find good work there, moved to Lovia in 1879. There he would compose many of his famous pieces, including the König Arthur Marsch and the overture Solomon-und-Sheba (1886), which was the theme for the classic film Sheba and Solomon. He would have one son with Jeannette, Philip (born in 1880). In 1890 Telemann died, apparently of syphilis.

Famous works

 * Grijzestad Symphonie (1858)
 * ''Symphony Nr. 4 "Die Fantasie" (1863)
 * Symphony Nr. 5 "Die Tragödie" (1866)
 * König Arthur Marsch (1882)
 * Solomon und Sheba overture (1886)
 * Adenis und Virsise opera-play (1889)