Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Enlightenment Perspectives: 1. Sehet an die Exempel der Alten: The Presence of the Past in Telemann's Sacred Vocal Music Steven Zohn; 2. Composing 'Freedom' and Freedom of the Composer: Telemann's French Pastoral Drama Wolfgang Hirschmann; 3. Telemann's Beschreibung and Castel's 'Enlightenment' Harpsichord Joyce Z. Lindorff; Part II. Urban and Courtly Contexts: 4. Telemann, Lüneburg, and Roger Brown Carsten Lange; 5. Hamburg Passion Music at Telemann's Arrival Daniel R. Melamed; 6. The Testament of Prince Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar Andrew Talle; Part III. Nature (and) Theology in the Late Vocal Works: 7. Telemann's Donner-Ode and Lutheran Nature Theology Joyce Irwin; 8. Body, Nature, and Emotion in Telemann's Christmas Cantatas Markus Rathey; 9. Beyond Simplicity: Telemann's Musical Idyll Der May, TVWV 20:40 Andreas Waczkat; Part IV. Bach Family Connections: 10. Telemann as 'General Kapellmeister' to the Bach Family David Schulenberg; 11. Style as Substance: Kapellmeister Telemann and Konzertmeister Bach in Weimar Ellen Exner; 12. Sacred Pastiches: Telemann Chorales in C. P. E. Bach's Church Music Jason B. Grant; Part V. Cantata Cycles in Frankfurt, Hamburg and Beyond: 13. Recitative Notation in Telemann's Church Cantatas Kota Sato; 14. Telemann's Stolbergischer Jahrgang (1736¿37) in the Context of His Sacred Cantata Cycles Nina Eichholz; 15. Telemann's Cantata Cycle of 1733¿34: Methodological Reflections on Its Identification Ralph-Jürgen Reipsch; 16. Under the Reign of Telemann's Sacred Cantata Cycles: New Observations on the Music Repertory in Hirschberg, Breslau, and Augsburg Michael Maul.