Johann wenzel anton stamitz biography
Johann wenzel anton stamitz biography
Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz (1717-57)...
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).
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.
Johann Stamitz
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