May 8 - Carl Stamitz (The Musical Birthday Series, 5th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for May 8th may be found here: Louis Moreau Gottschalk (2019),  Keith Jarett (2020), Ricky Nelson (2021), and Robert Johnson (2022)

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Carl Stamitz (bapt. 8 May 1745 – 9 November 1801) was a German composer and a prominent representative of the second generation of the Mannheim School.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apples Not Far from the Tree

Take a listen when you can

To Carl, of the Stamitz clan,

(He wrote symphonies galore

For the famous Mannheim corps).

Carl had a younger brother,

And they sound like one another,

It’s also true that both sound răther

Like their very famous father.

 

 

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