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Anton stamitz composer biography

          Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz was a Bohemian composer and violinist..

          Johann Stamitz was born in and educated in Jihlava and Prague, and became a central figure at the Mannheim court.

          Johann Stamitz

          Czech composer and violinist

          Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz (Czech: Jan Václav Antonín Stamic; 18 June 1717 – 27 March 1757) was a Bohemiancomposer and violinist.

          His two surviving sons, Carl and Anton Stamitz, were composers of the Mannheim school, of which Johann is considered the founding father. His music is stylistically transitional between the Baroque and Classical periods.

          Life

          Stamitz was born in Deutschbrod, Bohemia, into a family that came from Marburg[1] (today Maribor, Slovenia).

          Anton Thadäus Johann Nepomuk Stamitz (November – c.

        1. Johann Stamitz enjoyed considerable fame as a composer during his lifetime, a number of his symphonies were published in London.
        2. Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz was a Bohemian composer and violinist.
        3. Anton Thadäus Johann Nepomuk Stamitz (November – c.
        4. Anton Thadäus Johann Nepomuk Stamitz was a German composer and violinist.

          5. Stamitz spent the academic year 1734–1735 at the University of Prague. After only one year, he left the university to pursue a career as a violin virtuoso. His activities during the six-year period between his departure from the university in 1735 and his appointment in Mannheim around 1741 are not precisely known.

          He was appointed by the Mannheim court in 1741 or 1742. Most likely, his engagement there resulted from contacts made during the Bohemian