Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz was a Czech composer and violinist. Stamitz is considered the founding father of the Mannheim school, a composition style that his two surviving sons, Carl and Anton Stamitz, continued.
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Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz was a Czech composer and violinist. Stamitz 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 recognised for many innovations.
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Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1717 to 1757 · aged 39
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