Biography of Karl Stamitz (1745-1801)
07.05.1745
Baptized in Mannheim, oldest son of Johann Stamitz.
Musical education from the father and from Christian Cannabich, Holzbauer und Richter.
1762
Member of the court orchestra (2nd violin)
1770
Moves to Paris and is employed by duke Louis de Noailles
1780
Employment by the prince of Orania in Den Haag
1787
Concert master of Prince Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
1795
Academical music teacher at the Jena university
1800
Conductor of the Academic concerts in Jena
Known as a viola soloist all over Europe.
09.11.1801
Dies in Jena.
Further information/Sources:
- → Carl Stamitz bei Wikipedia
- → Noten von Karl Stamitz auf imslp.org
- → CDs by/of Karl Stamitz bei JPC (mit Hörproben)
- → Music by/with Karl Stamitz at amazon.de
Sheet music for flute:
Konzert (D-Dur)
(flute, piano orchestral excerpt)
Rating: mid-grade
- Allegro
- Adagio e cantabile
- Presto non assai
Konzert (G-Dur) (Bearbeitung)
(flute, piano)
Zimmermann, ZM 1370
Rating: difficult
- Allegro
- Adagio
- Presto non molto
Konzert op. 29 (G-Dur)
(flute, piano orchestral excerpt)
Schott Verlag, FTR 69
Rating: mid-grade
- Allegro
- Andante non troppo moderato
- Rondo Allegro
The edition includes a cadenza by someone called Lebermann.
Konzert Nr. 3 (D-Dur)
(flute, piano orchestral excerpt)
Edition Breitkopf, 6549
Rating: mid-grade
- Allegro
- Adagio
- Rondo moderato
Includes cadencas from Walter Lebermann.
Sechs Duette - Heft 1 op. 27
(2 flutes)
Bärenreiter, HM 259
Rating: mid-grade
- Duetto I (Allegro - Romance - Un poco presto)
- Duetto II (Andante - Menuetto - Allegro)
- Duetto III (Andante non moderato - Romance - Fugato (Allegro))
Not so difficult and written in score.
CDs with/from Karl Stamitz
Camerata Köln
Carl Stamitz Chamber Works (2002)
- Allegro poco moderato (04:42:00)
- Romance Andantino (02:44:00)
- Allegro (01:31:00)
- Allegro (04:46:00)
- Andante poco moderato (03:35:00)
- Rondeau/Allegro (03:14:00)
- Allegro (07:42:00)
- Andante Amoroso (04:12:00)
- Poco Presto (04:28:00)
- Allegro (02:09:00)
- Polonaise (01:29:00)
- Vivace (01:56:00)
- Allegro di molto (06:28:00)
- Andante moderato (04:05:00)
- Presto (04:41:00)
Quartet op. 4,6 in A-Dur:
Trio in G-Dur:
Quartet op. 8,1 in D-Dur:
Trio in Es-Dur:
Quintet op. 11,3 in Es-Dur:
Herbert Blomstedt, Wolf-Dieter Hauschild, Eckart Königstedt, Rundfunk-Kammerorchester Leipzig, Staatskapelle Dresden, Werner Tast, Reinhart Vogel, Johannes Walter
- Allegro aperto (08:11:00)
- Andante ma non troppo (07:01:00)
- Allegro (05:19:00)
- Allegro (06:49:00)
- Adagietto (mit Fagott-Solo) (08:53:00)
- Allegretto (05:12:00)
- Allegro (07:57:00)
- Andante non troppo moderato (04:36:00)
- Rondo. Allegro (05:22:00)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Konzert für Flöte und Orchester D-Dur KV 314:
Johann Joachim Quantz: Konzert für Flöte, Fagott, Streicher und Basso continuo G-Dur:
Karl Stamitz: Konzert für Flöte und Orchester G-Dur, op. 29:
Henry Adolph, Jörg Färber, Willy Freivogel, Hans Gösser, Klaus-Peter Hahn, Kurpfalz Kammerorchester, Hans-Martin Linde, Pro Arte Orchester München, Kurt Redel, Solistes de Marseille, Süddeutsche Philharmonie, Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn
Flute Concerto (1997)
- Allegro aperto (07:09:00)
- Andante ma non troppo (07:14:00)
- Allegro (05:10:00)
- Arioso (07:03:00)
- Allegro (04:12:00)
- Cantabile (02:40:00)
- Allegro (03:09:00)
- Joseph Haydn: Flute Concerto in D major, Hob. VIIf (07:50:00)
- Allegro (08:06:00)
- Andante non troppo moderato (04:36:00)
- Rondo. Allegro (05:13:00)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 2 in D major, K. 314:
Johann Joachim Quantz: Concerto for Flute, Strings and Basso continuo in G major:
Antonio Vivaldi: Flute Concerto in D major, RV 428 "Il Gardellino":
Karl Stamitz: Flute Concerto in G major, op. 29:
Jörg Färber, James Galway, I Solisti di Zagreb, New Irish Chamber Orchestra, André Prieur, Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn
James Galway plays Flute Concertos (CD 2/12) (2011)
J. S. Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 2 - Telemann - Stamitz
- Ouverture - Lentement (07:22:00)
- Rondeau (01:30:00)
- Sarabande (03:59:00)
- Bourrée I & II (01:41:00)
- Polonaise - Double (03:39:00)
- Menuett (01:19:00)
- Badinerie (01:16:00)
- Allegro ma non troppo (04:52:00)
- Adagio (00:00:03)
- Allegro (03:34:00)
- Ouverture (06:45:00)
- Les Plaisirs I & II (02:57:00)
- Air á l´Italien (06:08:00)
- Menuets I & II (03:44:00)
- Réjouissance (02:17:00)
- Passepieds I & II (02:14:00)
- Polonaise (00:00:02)
- Allegro (08:23:00)
- Andante non troppo moderato (05:10:00)
- Rondo. Allegro (00:00:05)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor BWV 1067 h-moll:
Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto for Flute & Strings in G major:
Georg Philipp Telemann: Suite for Flute & Strings in A minor TWV55a2:
Karl Stamitz: Concerto for Flute & Orchestra in G major:
Karl Münchinger, Milan Munclinger, Vàclav Neumann, Prague Chamber Orchestra, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Viktorie Svihlikovà, Martin Turnovsky, Germaine Vaucher-Clerc, Robert Veyron-Lacroix
Jean-Pierre Rampal (2013)
- Ouvertüre (06:38:00)
- Rondeau (01:55:00)
- Sarabande (03:05:00)
- Bourrée I - Bourrée II (01:56:00)
- Polonaise - Double (03:29:00)
- Menuet (01:20:00)
- Badinerie (01:27:00)
- Spiritoso (04:10:00)
- Adagio (04:32:00)
- Allegro spiritoso (04:26:00)
- Amoroso (02:02:00)
- Allegro (02:03:00)
- Grave (03:31:00)
- Presto (02:15:00)
- Triste - Allegro - Andante - Vivace (10:29:00)
- Cantabile - Allegro - Dolce - Allegro (11:36:00)
- Dolce - Vivace - Sicilienne - Vivace (08:12:00)
- Allegro con brio (09:17:00)
- Un poco Andante (07:58:00)
- Presto (05:36:00)
- Allegro (08:34:00)
- Andante non troppo moderato (05:03:00)
- Karl Stamitz: Flute Concerto G major (05:05:00)
- Allegro maestoso (07:49:00)
- Adagio (06:46:00)
- Rondo - Allegro (02:55:00)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Ouvertüre Nr. 2 in h-moll BWV 1067:
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Concerto No. 1 in G major:
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Concerto No. 2 D major:
Georg Philipp Telemann: Sonata in F minor:
Georg Philipp Telemann: Sonata in B minor:
Georg Philipp Telemann: Sonata in B flat major:
Franz Benda: Flute Concerto in E minor:
Karl Stamitz: Flute Concerto G major:
Franz Anton Rössler (Rosetti): Flute Concerto in D major:
English Chamber Orchestra, Patrick Fournillier , Mannheimer Streichquartett, Fumiaki Miyamoto, Marie-Luise Neunecker, Philippe Racine, Rainer Wehle
- I (06:06:00)
- II. Andante (06:37:00)
- III. Allegro (03:53:00)
- I. Allegro (06:28:00)
- II. Adagio (03:23:00)
- III. Rondeau. Allegro (04:13:00)
- I. Allegro (09:05:00)
- II. Larghetto (06:16:00)
- III. Menuetto (07:27:00)
- IV. Allegretto con Variazioni (09:08:00)
- I. Allegro (08:26:00)
- II. Andante non troppo moderato (04:33:00)
- III. Rondo. Allegro (05:01:00)
- I. Allegro (06:30:00)
- II. Adagio (02:35:00)
- III. Rondo. Moderato (04:25:00)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Andante KV 315 (06:00:00)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Rondo KV 373 (05:31:00)
- I. Allegro maestoso (09:22:00)
- II. Adagio ma non troppo (07:51:00)
- III. Rondeau (Tempo di minuetto) (07:10:00)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet for Horn, Violin, Viola and Violincello in E flat major K. 407:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet for Oboe, Violin, Viola and Violoncello in F major K. 370:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet for Clarinet, 2 Violins, Viola and Violoncello in A major K. 581:
Karl Stamitz: Concerto for Flute and Orchestra in G major op. 29:
Karl Stamitz: Concerto for Flute and Orchestra in D major:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Flute and Orchestra in G major No. 1 KV 313:
Literature von/über Karl Stamitz
- Flöteninstrumente und ihre Baugeschichte - Spielpraxis - Komponisten und ihre Werke - Interpreten1. edition Laaber: Laaber-Verlag,2009. - ISBN: 978-3-89007-545-7
- Tonger, P. J.: Conversations-Lexikon der TonkunstBeilage der Neuen MusikzeitungKöln: Wilhelm Hassel,1910.
Last edit 29.04.2020