Cannabich, Christian

Cannabich, Christian

The Periodical Overture in 8 Parts No. 10 (edited by Barnaby Priest and Alyson McLamore, new print)

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Preface

Christian Cannabich
The Periodical Overture in 8 Parts X

Published by Robert Bremner at the Harp and Hautboy, opposite Somerset-House, in the Strand
Issued:  5 April 1764; price 2 shillings
Source: Henry Watson Music Library – Courtesy of Manchester Libraries,
Information and Archives, Manchester City Council: BR580Cd316
Editors: Barnaby Priest & Alyson McLamore

COMMENTARY
By April 1764, publisher Robert Bremner (c.1713–1789) had demonstrated a marked fondness for the works of Mannheim composers in the inaugural year of his Periodical Overtures in 8 Parts series, having already issued three works by Johann Stamitz (1717–1757) and two pieces by Stamitz’s probable student Anton Fils (1733–1760) within the first nine issues. Bremner then featured yet another composer from that celebrated ensemble—Christian Cannabich (1731–1798)—in Periodical Overture No. 10, and this print seems to have been the first time that any of Cannabich’s music was published in England

Cannabich was also a student of Stamitz, but unlike his teacher and many of his peers, he was actually born in Mannheim, son of the court musician Matthias Cannabich (c.1690–1773). Matthias taught flute to Carl Theodor (1724–1799)—heir to the Palatinate of Mannheim—but he taught his own son Christian to play the violin. That was probably a wise decision, since the younger Cannabich proved to be an apt pupil and was accepted into the Mannheim court orchestra at the age of twelve as a “scholar” with a salary of fifty gulden annually. Within two years, Cannabich had more than doubled that salary, earning 125 gulden in 1746. Stamitz had taken over as his violin teacher and was instructing him in composition as well. Again, Cannabich made rapid progress, and the Elector Carl Theodor sent him to Italy around 1752 to continue his compositional studies with Niccolò Jommelli (1714–1774) in Rome. After following Jommelli to Stuttgart in 1753, Cannabich again had the elector’s support to return to Italy in 1754—this time to Milan—where he is believed to have studied with Giovanni Battista Sammartini (1700–1775) and others for the next two years. …

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Score Data

Score Number

4984

Special Edition

Periodical Overtures Edition

Genre

Orchestra

Pages

70

Size

210 x 297 mm

Printing

New print

Performance Materials

available

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