Stamitz, Johann

Preface

THE PERIODICAL OVERTURE IN 8 PARTS XII
JOHANN STAMITZ

Published by Robert Bremner at the Harp and Hautboy, opposite Somerset-House, in the Strand
Issued: 2 June 1764; price 2 shillings
Source: Henry Watson Music Library – Courtesy of Manchester Libraries,
Information and Archives, Manchester City Council: BR580St318
Editors: Barnaby Priest & Alyson McLamore

COMMENTARY Publisher Robert Bremner (c.1713–1789) must have breathed a sigh of relief in June 1764 as he printed the twelfth Periodical Overture in 8 Parts. For a solid year, he had honored his pledge to issue a new symphony— one that had never been published in Britain—every month.1 In fact, he may have decided to stop the series at this point, inasmuch as it would be two more years before a thirteenth issue was announced. Periodical Overture No. 12 marked the end of the second set of six symphonies, and as Bremner had previously done with the publication of No. 6, he offered a “general Title”—a special cover sheet—to customers who had acquired the full preceding set of six pieces.2 That cover page made it very obvious that Johann Stamitz (1717–1757) had been well represented in the “Opera Secondo,” having contributed Nos. 7, 9, 11, and now 12. Since there had also been two earlier Stamitz symphonies issued in the “Opera Primo” (Nos. 3 and 6), he had been responsible for fully half of the dozen works published as Periodical Overtures. …

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