This book by Siegbert Rampe is the first scientifically grounded account of the life and work of Georg Philipp Telemann. It is published to mark the 250th anniversary of the composer's death and describes an astonishingly long life of 86 years for that time. Despite, or perhaps because of, his immense body of work, Georg Philipp Telemann remains one of the great unknowns of Baroque music. To this day, no author has dared to provide a comprehensive portrayal of his life and work. Siegbert Rampe's new book, Georg Philipp Telemann and His Time, now fills this significant gap, just in time for the Telemann Year 2017. Rampe approaches the "phenomenon" of Telemann from a perspective that consistently acknowledges that during Telemann's lifetime, he, rather than Johann Sebastian Bach, was regarded as the most important German composer. The justification for this status is clear.