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Karel Stamic (May 7, 1745 - November 9, 1801), who took the German form of his name Karl Philipp Stamitz and is now better known as Carl, was a Czech-German composer, violin, viola and viola d'amore virtuoso. Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses Year 1745 ( MDCCXLV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all Year 1801 ( MDCCCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Tuesday A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance The violin is a bowed String instrument with four strings usually tuned in Perfect fifths It is the smallest and highest-pitched member The viola is a bowed String instrument. It is the middle voice of the Violin family, The viola d'amore ( Italian: love Viol) is a 7- or 6- stringed Musical instrument with Sympathetic strings used chiefly in the A virtuoso (from Italian virtuoso, late Latin virtuosus, Latin virtus meaning skill manliness excellence is an individual He was the most prominent of the second generation of the so-called Mannheim school. 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

The exact date of Stamitz's birth is not known, but he was baptised on May 8, 1745. He was born in Mannheim and was first taught music by Johann Stamitz, his father and founder of the Mannheim school. Mannheim is a City in Germany. With 327318 inhabitants it is the second-largest city in the state of Baden-Württemberg after the capital Stuttgart Jan Václav Antonín Stamic (later during his life in Mannhein Germanized as Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz ( June 17, 1717 &ndash March 27 He played in the orchestra at Mannheim from 1762, and in 1770 he moved to Paris where he became known as a violinist. An orchestra is an instrumental ensemble, usually fairly large with string brass woodwind sections and possibly a percussion section as well Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city In Paris he was court composer and conductor to the Duc de Noailles. He and his younger brother, Anton, were recurring performers in the Concert Spirituel. Anton Thadäus Johann Nepomuk Stamitz (Czech Antonín Stamic; 1750 or 1754 in Mannheim &ndash 1798 or 1809 in Paris) was a German (and second-generation The Concert spirituel was one of the first public concert series in existence He moved to the Hague in 1779 or 1780 and found work as a violist at the court of William V, Prince of Orange. William V Batavus Prince of Orange and Nassau ( March 8, 1748 &ndash April 9, 1806) was the last Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic Between 1788 and 1790 he spent a lot of time touring. The last years of his life were spent in Jena, where he was Kapellmeister and a teacher at the University. Jena (pronunciation ˈjeːna is a university City in central Germany on the river Saale. Kapellmeister (kəˈpɛlˌmaɪstər is a German word designating a person in charge of music-making [1]

Some time prior to 1789, he married Maria Josepha Pilz, and they had four children, who all died in infancy.

Stamitz wrote over fifty symphonies and about as many concertos for various instruments, as well as a quantity of chamber music. A symphony is a Musical composition, often extended and usually for Orchestra. The term Concerto (plural concertos or concerti) usually refers to a three part musical work in which one solo instrument is accompanied by an Orchestra Chamber music is a form of Classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber His earliest symphonies come from his years with the Mannheim orchestra; his last known symphony is from 1791, the year of Mozart's death. [2] His viola concerto and his first string quartets were first published in 1774.

Recordings

References

  1. ^ Carl Stamitz: Four Symphonies, Chandos Records, Chan 9358, cd, liner notes.
  2. ^ Carl Stamitz: Four Symphonies, Chandos Records, Chan 9358, cd, liner notes.

External links

The International Music Score Library Project ( IMSLP) is a project for the creation of a virtual library of Public domain music scores, based on the
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