The Symphony in D major, Op. 3, No. 2 is a symphony by Johann Stamitz, written in the style of the Mannheim school sometime from 1750 to 1754.[1] The symphony was published as No. 4 in a 1769 publication of six symphonies by Stamitz.[2] It consists of four movements:
Presto
Andantino
Menuetto – Trio
Prestissimo
It is about 10 minutes long.
This symphony is also notable for being one of the first to give distinct independence to the flutes and oboes, rather than having them simply reinforce the first violin part, as had been the convention for earlier symphonic works.[3]
Carl Philipp Stamitz was a German composer of partial Czech ancestry. He was the most prominent representative of the second generation of the Mannheim School.
Mannheim school refers to both the orchestral techniques pioneered by the court orchestra of Mannheim in the latter half of the 18th century and the group of composers of the early classical period, who composed for the orchestra of Mannheim. The father of the school is considered to be the Bohemian composer Johann Stamitz. Besides him, two generations of composers wrote compositions for the orchestra, whose reputation was due to its excellent discipline and the individual skill of its players; the English traveler Charles Burney called it "an army of generals". Their performance style included new dynamic elements, crescendos and diminuendos. Composers of the Mannheim school played an important role in the development of the classical period's genres and of the classical symphony form.
Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz 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 Baroque and Classical periods.
Georg Christoph Wagenseil was an Austrian composer.
Johann Christian Innocenz Bonaventura Cannabich, was a German violinist, composer, and Kapellmeister of the Classical era. A composer of some 200 works, he continued the legacy of Johann Stamitz and helped turn the Mannheim orchestra into what Charles Burney described as "the most complete and best disciplined in Europe.". The orchestra was particularly noted for the carefully graduated crescendos and diminuendos characteristic of the Mannheim school. Together with Stamitz and the other composers of the Mannheim court, he helped develop the orchestral texture that paved the way for the orchestral treatment of the First Viennese School.
Ignaz Jakob Holzbauer was a composer of symphonies, concertos, operas, and chamber music, and a member of the Mannheim school. His aesthetic style is in line with that of the Sturm und Drang "movement" of German art and literature.
B-flat minor is a minor scale based on B♭, consisting of the pitches B♭, C, D♭, E♭, F, G♭, and A♭. Its key signature has five flats. Its relative major is D-flat major and its parallel major is B-flat major. Its enharmonic equivalent, A-sharp minor, which would contain seven sharps, is not normally used.
Anton Fils, 22 September 1733 (baptized) – 14 March 1760 (buried) was a German classical composer.
Anton Thadäus Johann Nepomuk Stamitz was a German composer and violinist.
Franz Ignaz Beck was a German violinist, composer, conductor and music teacher who spent the greater part of his life in France, where he became director of the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux. Possibly the most talented pupil of Johann Stamitz, Beck is an important representative of the second generation of the so-called Mannheim school. His fame rests on his 24 symphonies that are among the most original and striking of the pre-Classical period. He was one of the first composers to introduce the regular use of wind instruments in slow movements and put an increasing emphasis on thematic development. His taut, dramatic style is also remarkable for its employment of bold harmonic progressions, flexible rhythms and highly independent part writing.
The Orchestral Trios, Op. 1 was the first publication of a work by Johann Stamitz and one of the two prints issued during his lifetime. It was a famous and influential set of six orchestral trios. Most likely its composition dates from the 1750s.
The Symphony in A major is a symphony by Johann Stamitz in the style of the Mannheim school, probably written sometime from 1741 to 1746. It might be Stamitz' first symphony. It consistes of three movements:
Allegro
Andante
Presto
The Symphony in G major is a symphony in the style of the Mannheim school, attributed to Johann Stamitz, but probably by Antoine Mahaut, a close contemporary of the composer. It was probably written from 1741 to 1746, and if it is by Stamitz, it could be his first. But if it is by Mahaut, it probably is his first. It consistes of three movements:
Allegro
Larghetto
Presto
The Symphony in B-flat major is a symphony by Johann Stamitz, written in the style of the Mannheim school sometime from 1741 to 1746. It might be Stamitz' first symphony. It consists of three movements:
Alla breve
Andante
Allegro
The Symphony in E-flat major, Op. 11, No. 3 is a late symphony by Johann Stamitz, likely written in Paris in 1754 or 1755. It was published as No. 6 in a 1769 publication of six symphonies by Stamitz. This is one of his last symphonies and is in the standard four-movement symphonic scheme of the time:
Allegro assai
Andantino
Menuetto – Trio
Prestissimo
Felix Mendelssohn wrote thirteen string symphonies between 1821 and 1823, when he was between 12 and 14 years old.. These symphonies were tributes to early Classical symphonies especially by Joseph Haydn, Johann Christian Bach, Carl Philip Emanuel Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
The Symphony in F major "No. 56", K. 98/Anh.C 11.04, was once thought to have been written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. As of 2009, it is the only one of Mozart's symphonies published in the Alte Mozart-Ausgabe that has never been recorded.
The Oboe Concerto in C major, Hoboken number (VIIg:C1), commonly attributed to Joseph Haydn, was most likely composed around 1790. However, modern musicologists agree that Haydn did not write the concerto.
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