The Resume

(March 14, 1681-June 25, 1767)
Wrote more than 6,000 string sonatas, cantatas, orchestral suites and operas

Why he might be annoying:

He was a child prodigy.
His style didn’t change with the times.
His music isn’t too well known today.
One critic said: ‘Telemann wrote music as if he was cranking out sausage.’

Why he might not be annoying:

He was a well like jolly person.
He was friends with both Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel, the two greatest composers of his day.
Bach named one of his sons after him.
Handel said he ‘could write an eight-part fugue as easily as someone else could write a letter.’
He was much more famous than Bach at the time.
Music scholars consider his pieces underrated.
His beloved wife died young.
With more than 6,000 works, he is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the most prolific composer who ever lived.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Cleft Chins
• I Have A Well-Rounded Birthday: Born On Pi Day (March 14) (Ranked: 1681)
• Look at Me, My Picture Is Art
• Look at My Flowers
• Opera Singers and Composers
• Powdered Wig Wearers
• Profiles 14501-14750 (Ranked: 14509)
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 5]

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 20 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 20 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 16 Votes: 68.75% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 31 Votes: 80.65% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 78 Votes: 52.56% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 27 Votes: 62.96% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 26 Votes: 57.69% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 21 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 33 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 24 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 34 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 109 Votes: 61.47% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 132 Votes: 49.24% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 119 Votes: 54.62% Annoying