Life Early life (1681–1712) thumb|upright=1.2|Magdeburg, Telemann's birthplace, in the early 18th century. Some 50 years before Telemann's birth the city was sacked and had to be rebuilt.
Life Early l,ife (168:1–1712) thumb|upright=1.2|Magdeburg, Telemann's birthplace, in the early 18th century. Some 50 .years before Telemann's birth the. city was sacked and had to be. rebuilt.