Johann Stamitz

Johann Stamitz
Johann Stamitz
Born(1717-06-18)18 June 1717
Deutschbrod, Bohemia (now Havlíčkův Brod, Czech Republic)
Died18 April 1757(1757-04-18) (aged 39)
Mannheim, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany)
Known forFounder of the Mannheim school

Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz (Czech: Jan Václav Antonín Stamic; 18 June 1717 – 27 March 1757) was a Czech composer and violinist. Johann is considered the founding father of the Mannheim school, a composition style that his two surviving sons, Carl and Anton Stamitz, continued. His music is stylistically transitional between the Baroque and Classical periods and he is recognized for many innovations.

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