Antonín Kammel

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Antonín Kammel - also Kamel, Kammell, Kamml, Khaml, Cammell (born April 21, 1730 in Běleč , † October 5, 1784 in London ) was a Czech violinist and composer .

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Antonín Kammel, the son of a forester, attended the Piarist College in Slaný , where he was also instructed in music. He then studied between 1751 and 1754, philosophy and law at the University of Prague. Count Vincenc von Waldstein sent him from 1759 to study the violin with Giuseppe Tartini in Padua. Afterwards Kammel worked in the residences of the Waldstein family. Around 1765 he came via Würzburg, Rotterdam and Hamburg, where he gave concerts, to London, where he appeared as a concert soloist and was violinist at the Royal Chapel from 1770 . Since 1768 he has also appeared in the Bach - Abel concerts. Kammel was one of those musicians whom Leopold Mozart mentioned in his diary as one of the "London musicians". In a letter, Kammel described the performances of the young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to Count Waldstein .

Kammel composed numerous works, including string quartets, trios and duos, sonatas, overtures and divertimenti and possibly five violin concertos, only one of which has survived. Chamber music was partly relocated and performed well into the 19th century.

His style is early classical and comes close to the music of Johann Christian Bach and Carl Friedrich Abel, but also to some of Joseph Haydn's early works . Kammel's string quartet Op. 4 No. 1 was erroneously assigned to Haydn under Hob. III: C11.

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SURNAME Kammel, Antonín
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kamel, Anton; Khaml, Anton; Kammell, Anthony; Antonio Cammel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech composer and violinist
DATE OF BIRTH April 21, 1730
PLACE OF BIRTH Běleč
DATE OF DEATH October 5, 1784
Place of death London