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The Early Music Show

Music: Classical: Early Music

Performance and news from the world of early music.

An exploration of early music, looking at early developments in musical performance and composition in Britain and abroad. UK only: please note that not all episodes are podcast.

The Early Music Show: The Mannheim School

17/04/2016

The Mannheim School

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, The Mannheim School

Lucie Skeaping features composers active at the court of Mannheim in the late 18th century

Lucie Skeaping introduces some of the composers active at the court of Mannheim in the second half of the 18th century, Including Stamitz, Cannabich, Richter and Danzi.

Lucie Skeaping looks at some of the music penned at the court of Mannheim in the latter half of the 18th century, which had such a thriving and influential orchestra. Composers such as Johann Stamitz, Franz Xaver Richter, Christian Cannabich, Carl Stamitz and Franz Danzi really took the symphonic genre by the horns, helped to shape it into what we now think of as the Classical symphony, and, as such, were a huge influence on the likes of Mozart and Haydn.

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