Georg Philipp Telemann Georg Philipp Telemann (; – 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 Hild ...

's Concertos for Four Violins ( TWV 40:201–204; original title: ''Concertos à 4 Violini Concertati'') is a set of four concertos for four

violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...

s without continuo. Each concerto has four

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Concerto in G major TWV 40:201

*Largo e staccato *Allegro *Adagio *Vivace

Concerto in D major TWV 40:202

*Adagio *Allegro *Grave *Allegro

Concerto in C major TWV 40:203

*Grave *Allegro *Largo e staccato *Allegro

Concerto in A major TWV 40:204

*Grave *Allegro *Adagio *Spirituoso

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Telemann Georg Philipp Telemann (; – 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 Hilde ...