The 12 Fantasies were part of a total of 72 fantasies for various instruments written by Telemann in the 1730s. Editor Bernhard Moosbauer calls them "true gems" and "carefully modeled jewels," and is happy
Vienna Urtext editor Jochen Reutter has consulted the first print of Telemann's 1733 Tafelmusik (Musique de Table), together with a manuscript copy of the same period, to construct this Urtext
Version for violin & piano by Anton Diabelli. Notes on interpretation by Gerhardt Darmstadt. Fingerings (piano) by Christa Jost. Urtext Edition. Preface in Ger. and Eng. Includes critical commentary.