Editing Georg Philipp Telemann (section)

===Frankfurt (1712–1721)===
After around a year he sought another position, and moved to [[Frankfurt]] on 18 March 1712 at the age of 31, to become city music director and ''Kapellmeister'' at the {{ill|Barfüßerkirche (Frankfurt)|lt=Barfüßerkirche |de| Barfüßerkloster (Frankfurt am Main)}}<ref name="Hirschmann" /> and [[St. Catherine's Church, Frankfurt|St. Catherine's Church]].<ref name="Bergmann" /> In Frankfurt, he fully gained his mature personal style. Here, as in Leipzig, he was a powerful force in the city's musical life, creating music for two major churches, civic ceremonies, and various ensembles and musicians. By 1720 he had adopted the use of the [[da capo aria]], which had been adopted by composers such as [[Alessandro Scarlatti]]. Operas such as ''[[Amor d'un'ombra e gelosia d'un'aura|Narciso]]'', which was brought to Frankfurt in 1719, written in the Italian idiom of composition, made a mark on Telemann's output.<ref name="baroquemusic.org">{{cite web|title=Baroque Composers and musicians|url=http://www.baroquemusic.org/bqxtel.html|website=Baroquemusic.org|access-date=12 February 2016|year=2013}}</ref>

On 28 August 1714, three years after his first wife had died, Telemann married again, Maria Catharina Textor, daughter of a Frankfurt council clerk.<ref name="Hirschmann" /> They eventually had nine children. This was a source of much personal happiness, and helped him produce compositions. Telemann continued to be extraordinarily productive and successful, even augmenting his income by working for Eisenach employers as a ''[[Kapellmeister]]'' ''von Haus aus'', that is, regularly sending new music while not actually living in Eisenach. Telemann's first published works also appeared during the Frankfurt period. His output increased rapidly, for he fervently composed overture-suites and chamber music, most of which is unappreciated.<ref name="baroquemusic.org"/> These works included his 6 Sonatas for solo violin, known as the ''Frankfurt Sonatas'', published in 1715. In the latter half of the Frankfurt period, he composed an innovative work, his [[Viola Concerto]] in G major, which is twice the length of his violin concertos.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classicalarchives.com/work/28811.html#tvf=tracks&tv=about|website=Classical Archives|access-date=3 April 2016|title=Georg Philipp Telemann – Viola Concerto in G, TWV51:G9}}</ref> Also, here he composed his first choral masterpiece, his ''[[Brockes Passion]]'', in 1716.