Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz (Czech: Jan Václav Stamic) (June 19, 1717 – March 27, 1757) was a Czech composer and violinist. Johann was the father of Carl Stamitz and Anton Stamitz, also composers. June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 195 days remaining. ... // Events January 4 — The Netherlands, Britain & France sign Triple Alliance February 26-March 6 What is now the northeastern United States was paralyzed by a series of blizzards that buried the region. ... March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in leap years). ... 1757 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... A violinist is an instrumentalist who plays the violin. ... Karel Stamic (May 7, 1745 - November 9, 1801), who took the German form of his name Karl Stamitz and is now better known as Carl, was a Bohemian composer. ... Johann Anton Stamitz (Czech: Antonín Stamic; 1750 or 1754 in Mannheim – 1798 or 1809 in Paris) was a German (and second-generation Bohemian) composer and violinist. ...

Early life and education

Stamitz was born in Nemecky Brod (now Havlickuv Brod, Czech Republic). His first music lessons came from his father, an organist. He later studied at the gymnasium in Jihlava and at Charles University in Prague. Havlíčkův Brod is a town in the Vysocina Region, Czech Republic. ... For other uses, see Music (disambiguation). ... An organist is a musician who plays the organ, whether pipe or electronic. ... Jihlava â–¶(?) (German Iglau) is a city in the Czech Republic. ... The Charles University of Prague (also simply University of Prague; Czech: Univerzita Karlova; Latin: Universitas Carolina) is the oldest and most prestigious Czech university and among the oldest universities in Europe, being founded in 1340s (for the exact year, see below). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Violinist

In 1741 he went to Mannheim, becoming first violinist of the court orchestra there in 1743 and concertmaster in 1745. He served under Kapellmeister Carlo Grua for his tenure at the Hofkapelle. He raised the level of the orchestra to a point where it was one of the most respected in Europe. In 1754-55 he spent time in Paris, where his music was well received at the Concerts Spirituels. Mannheim is a city in Germany. ... Carlo Luigi Grua (c. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Region ÃŽle-de-France Department Paris (75) Subdivisions 20 arrondissements Mayor Bertrand Delanoë  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics Land area¹ 86. ... Concert Spirituel was an 18th-century musical group in France. ...

Founder Mannheim School

Stamitz, generally regarded as the founder and most prominent member of the so-called Mannheim School of composers, wrote a number of concertos (mainly for violin or flute, but also for organ, violoncello, trumpet (called "clarino"), clarinet, viola and viola d'amore ), a quantity of chamber music and a mass (1755). His most significant works, however, are his symphonies, of which he wrote over fifty. He was the first composer to regularly write symphonies in a four-movement form, adding the minuet and trio to the other three standard movements. In introducing a second group of contrasting thematic material to his opening movements, he also did much to develop what would become known as sonata form. Mannheim school refers to both the orchestral techniques pioneered by the court orchestra of Mannheim in the latter half of the 18th century as well as the group of composers who wrote such music for the orchestra of Mannheim and others. ... Mannheim school refers to both the orchestral techniques pioneered by the court orchestra of Mannheim in the latter half of the 18th century as well as the group of composers who wrote such music for the orchestra of Mannheim and others. ... The term concerto (plural is concerti or concertos) usually refers to a musical work in which one solo instrument is contrasted with an orchestra. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. ... Organ in Katharinenkirche, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Modern style pipe organ at the concert hall of Aletheia University in Matou, Taiwan The organ is a keyboard instrument with one or more manuals, and usually a pedalboard. ... Alternate meaning: Cello web browser A cropped image to show the relative size of a cello to a human (Uncropped Version) The cello (also violoncello or cello) is a stringed instrument and part of the violin family. ... Trumpeter redirects to here. ... Two soprano clarinets: a Bâ™­ clarinet (left) and an A clarinet (right, with no mouthpiece). ... The viola (in French, alto; in German Bratsche) is a string instrument played with a bow which serves as the middle voice of the violin family, between the upper lines played by the violin and the lower lines played by the cello and double bass. ... Viola dAmore from the mid eighteenth century (Library of Congress collection) The viola damore (Italian: love viol) is a 7- or 6-stringed musical instrument with sympathetic strings used chiefly in the baroque period. ... For other uses, see Chamber music (disambiguation). ... The Mass, a form of sacred musical composition, is a choral composition that sets the fixed portions of the Eucharistic liturgy (principally that of the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Church, generally known in the US as the Episcopal Church, and also the Lutheran Church) to music. ... A symphony is an extended composition usually for orchestra and usually comprising four movements. ... A minuet, sometimes spelled menuet, is a social dance of French origin for two persons, usually in 3/4 time. ... Ternary form is a structuring mechanism of a piece of music. ... Sonata form is a musical form that has been used widely since the early Classical period. ...

Among his compositions there are ten works for string orchestra inspired by the trio sonata and called "orchestral trios", written for two violins and basso continuo and performable also by chamber ensemble (so as to be publishable and playable widely and performed by both the home musician and Stamitz's own orchestra [1]). A similar practice was the composition of concertos as works alternately playable by piano and a small ensemble of strings, or by a full orchestra, as Mozart was later to do with his 11th through 13th piano concertos. The trio sonata is a musical form which was particularly popular around the end of the 17th century and the beginning of the 18th century. ... Mozarts piano concerto No. ... The Piano Concerto No. ...

In common with other composers of the Mannheim School, Stamitz is also noted for giving a more prominent role to wind instruments, and making more adventurous use of dynamics, notably the crescendo. He was the first to introduce the oboe into the symphony orchestra, and introduced the clarinet into his symphonies as early as 1750 ([2]). A wind instrument is a musical instrument that contains some type of resonator (usually a tube), in which a column of air is set into vibration by the player blowing into (or over) a mouthpiece set at the end of the resonator. ... In music, dynamics refers to the volume or loudness of the sound or note, in particular to the range from soft (quiet) to loud. ... In musical notation, crescendo means that the notes are gradually getting louder. ... The oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family. ...

Death

Stamitz died in 1757 in Mannheim. His post as musical director went to Christian Cannabich. Johann Christian Innocenz Bonaventura Cannabich (bapt. ...

References

• Johann Stamitz
• Biography and works for viola d'amore