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Johann Stamitz

1717 - 1757

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Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz (Czech: Jan Václav Antonín Stamic; 18 June 1717 – 27 March 1757) was a Bohemian composer 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Stamitz is the 200th most popular composer (down from 194th in 2019), the 94th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 92nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Czech Composer.

Johann Stamitz is most famous for being a German composer and violinist. He was the first violinist to play in a quartet with two violins and viola.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Johann Stamitz ranks 200 out of 1,451. Before him are Samuel Barber, Michael Praetorius, Niccolò Piccinni, Jan Dismas Zelenka, Luigi Nono, and Charles-Marie Widor. After him are Witold Lutosławski, Johann Ambrosius Bach, Henry Mancini, Jordi Savall, Anna Maria Mozart, and Gilles Binchois.

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Among people born in 1717, Johann Stamitz ranks 8. Before him are Pope Pius VI, Jean le Rond d'Alembert, Mustafa III, Horace Walpole, Johann Joachim Winckelmann, and Peter III of Portugal. After him are Ernst Gideon von Laudon, Étienne-Gabriel Morelly, Marie Anne de Mailly, David Garrick, Louis François, Prince of Conti, and Ebrahim Afshar. Among people deceased in 1757, Johann Stamitz ranks 9. Before him are René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, Maria Josepha of Austria, Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, Princess Caroline of Great Britain, Rosalba Carriera, and Robert-François Damiens. After him are Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, Siraj ud-Daulah, David Hartley, 7th Dalai Lama, Antoine Pesne, and Amursana.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Johann Stamitz ranks 94 out of 1,200. Before him are Maria of Austria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (1531), Petr Pavel (1961), Victor Lustig (1890), Josef Hoffmann (1870), Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679), and Henry of Bohemia (1265). After him are Christoph Schönborn (1945), Alois Senefelder (1771), Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (1849), Hans-Adam I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1662), Pavel Nedvěd (1972), and Antonín Novotný (1904).

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Among COMPOSERS In Czechia

Among composers born in Czechia, Johann Stamitz ranks 7. Before him are Gustav Mahler (1860), Antonín Dvořák (1841), Bedřich Smetana (1824), Leoš Janáček (1854), Bohuslav Martinů (1890), and Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679). After him are Josef Mysliveček (1737), Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897), Josef Suk (1874), Anton Reicha (1770), Eduard Hanslick (1825), and Franz Benda (1709).

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