Talk:Johann Stamitz

Untitled

According to an article by Peter Gradenwitz (Notes, 2nd Series, volume 7, no. 1, pp. 54-64, 1949), the Stamitz family had no connection with Bohemia at all, but were German; what is the state of good modern scholarship on this? (If you have college library card access, you may see the article online here. If you don't but are near enough such a library to search the stacks, you can find it in the aforementioned library in person of course.) Schissel | Sound the Note! 19:12, 6 November 2006 (UTC) (Edit: as to Gradenwitz, note also - his interest in Stamitz was multi-faceted and extended to the man's pioneering clarinet music as well, say.)

No. Stamic family came from Slovenia (from Maribor), they had nothing to do with Germans (even the name "Stamić" is typical Slovenian, "Stamic" is bohemized and "Stamitz" germanized transcription). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.70.28.199 (talk) 13:26, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

The contributions that Stamitz made to Sonata form needs to be expanded. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Scimitar1976 (talk • contribs) 19:29, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on Johann Stamitz. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20060509052208/http://www.violadamoresocietyofamerica.org/TheStamitzFamily.html to http://www.violadamoresocietyofamerica.org/TheStamitzFamily.html

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

• If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
• If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 23:30, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

Name Confusion

'Steinmetz - Stamitz' citation needed. Haven't time to fix this cite, but it's mentioned by Grove, in his 'Joseph Steinmetz' article, p. 62 60.240.191.224 (talk) 22:08, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

Improving the categorization of Johann Stamitz

I would like to open a discussion regarding the current categorization of Johann Stamitz as "Czech" in the categories "Czech male classical composers" and "Czech male classical violinists."

While Stamitz was born in Deutschbrod (Havlíčkův Brod), Bohemia, applying a modern national label like "Czech" to an 18th-century figure is historically reductive and potentially misleading. Stamitz was a German-speaking composer from the Habsburg-ruled Kingdom of Bohemia, a cultural context that fits more precisely under "Bohemian" or "German-Bohemian."

In the 18th century, "Czech" as a modern national identity had not yet formed in the sense implied by current Wikipedia categorization systems. Labeling him exclusively as "Czech" ignores the complex, multilingual reality of the Holy Roman Empire and the significant role he played in the German musical tradition (most notably the Mannheim School).

I propose the following:

Clarification: While he is part of the cultural history of the modern-day Czech Republic, he is historically documented as a Bohemian composer of the German-speaking cultural sphere.

Category Refinement: Consider adding or prioritizing "Bohemian composers" or "German-Bohemian composers" to better reflect his historical identity.

Questionable Category: I also question the inclusion of "Czech people of Slovenian descent," as this is not widely supported by standard biographical sources and may be an erroneous or unsourced categorization.

Could we discuss adjusting these categories to more accurately reflect his historical and cultural context? ~2026-29328-07 (talk) 20:26, 15 May 2026 (UTC)