What is Collegium musicum?
[[File:Collegium musicum 1790.jpg|thumb|A [[caricature]] of a collegium in the 1790s]] A '''collegium musicum''' (plural: '''collegia musica''') is a group of music lovers and musicians. They come together to perform music. There were many collegia musica in 18th-century Germany. They were often not employed by churches or noblemen. [[Georg Philipp Telemann]] created a collegium musicum in [[Leipzig]]. [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] would later become the leader of this collegium. {{music-stub}} [[Category:Musical groups]]