Par TELEMANN GEORG PHILIPP. Georg Philipp Telemann (b. 14th March 1681 in Magdeburg, d. 25th June 1767 in Hamburg) wrote the 117th Psalm in 1758; it thus belongs to his last period, of which the chief works are the 'Tageszeiten' (1754), the setting of some excerpts from Klopstock/ Répertoire / 4 Parties Mixtes, 2 Violons et Basse Continue