Stamitz
Americannoun
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Carl Philipp, 1745–1801, German composer and violinist (son of Johann).
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Johann, 1717–57, Czech violinist and composer.
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Glendale Noon Concerts Classical works for viola d’amore, basset horn and viola by Stamitz, Krumlovsky and Haydn.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2019
The program includes Haydn’s “The Philosopher,” an adagio and fugue by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach and a concerto for two flutes by Anton Thadäus Stamitz, with Immanuel Davis and David Ross as soloists.
From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2015
The recording includes chamber works by the pioneers of the new style, Johann Stamitz, Franz Richter and Ignaz Holzbauer, along with a more polished, Mozartian quintet by Johann Christian Bach.
From Time Magazine Archive
Haydn had learnt about the symphony from pioneers like Wenzel Birck, Georg Wagenseil and Johann Stamitz, all now virtually unknown.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Stamitz, who was born 120 kilometres from Prague and baptised Jan Stamic, has probably the greatest claim to being the inventor of the symphony as we know it, though posterity has largely forgotten him nonetheless.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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