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An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Stamitz

Composer of the Week: Johann Stamitz and sons: Episode 5

Episode 5

Johann Stamitz and sons

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Donald Macleod describes the unfortunate end of Johann Stamitz's sons, Carl and Anton.

Donald Macleod describes the unfortunate end of Johann Stamitz's sons, Carl and Anton, who went from rags to riches and back to rags again. With C Stamitz: Symphony in C, Op 13/16.

For one reason or another, Johann Stamitz's two sons never really achieved their father's fame or fortune. Anton must have thought he'd got it made when he started work as a member of the King's Music at the French Court. Bad timing though. This was the 1780s, and royal patronage was about to become a whole lot less desirable than it had been for several centuries. Anton survived the Revolution, but as Donald Macleod discovers, both of the Stamitz sons died in terrible circumstances - the end of a rags-to-riches-and-rags-again story of one eighteenth century family.

Carl Stamitz
Viola Concerto in D major (1st movement)
Jan Peruska (viola)
Prague Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
PANTON 81 1422-2 131 T1

Carl Stamitz
Symphony in C op.13/16 no.5
London Mozart Players, Matthias Bamert (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 9358 T4-6

Anton Stamitz
Sinfonia Concertante for two flutes and orchestra in G major
Jiri Valek (flute), Radomir Pivoda (flute)
Prague Chamber Orchestra, Frantisek Vajnar (conductor)
SUPRAPHON SU 3948-2 T7-9

Anton Stamitz
Viola Concerto in B flat major (2nd movement)
Jan Peruska (viola)
Prague Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
PANTON 81 1422-2 131 T8.

Composer of the Week: Johann Stamitz and sons

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Donald Macleod tells the story of Johann Stamitz and his two sons, Carl and Anton

Donald Macleod tells the eventful story of Johann Stamitz and his two sons, Carl and Anton. During the 18th century, Stamitz was one of the most famous and celebrated names in music

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