Cao Xueqin vs Georg Philipp Telemann
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Compare the life timelines of Cao Xueqin (1715–1763) and Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 48 years, from 1715 to 1763.
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Cao Xueqin (1715–1763)
- — Born into the wealthy Cao family, probably in Nanjing Verified
- — Family fell from imperial favor under the Yongzheng Emperor Verified
- — Moved with his family from Nanjing to Beijing Verified
- — Lived by selling paintings and through the help of friends Verified
- — Wrote and repeatedly revised Dream of the Red Chamber Verified
- — Settled in the western suburbs of Beijing Verified
- — Death of his son
- — Died near Beijing, leaving his novel unfinished Verified
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767)
- — Born in Magdeburg, Brandenburg-Prussia Verified
- — Enrolled at Leipzig University and founded a collegium musicum Verified
- — Appointed Kapellmeister at the court of Sorau Verified
- — Served as Konzertmeister and Kapellmeister in Eisenach Verified
- — Death of his first wife Amalie Louise Eberlin Verified
- — Became city music director in Frankfurt am Main Verified
- — Appointed music director of Hamburg's five main churches Verified
- — Declined the Leipzig Thomaskantor post Verified
- — Launched the music periodical Der getreue Music-Meister Verified
- — Died in Hamburg Verified