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Georg Philipp Telemann
Georg Philipp Telemann.
Georg Philipp Telemann maintained significant friendships with two of the most prominent composers of the Baroque era: Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel.
Telemann’s connection to the Bach family was particularly close; he served as the godfather to Bach’s son, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, who eventually succeeded Telemann as the musical director in Hamburg.1