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 | | In Paris he made contact with many leading musicians including Gossec, Leduc, Beer and Sieber, who published a number of his newest compositions, and, together with his brother Anton, was a regular performer at the Concert Spirituel. |
 | | Stamitz, in a quantity of orchestral music, symphonies and symphonies concertantes, orchestral works with contrasting groups of solo instruments, also added significantly to the concerto repertoire, not least in fifteen authenticated violin concertos and three viola concertos, the last of particular importance in a limited solo repertoire for the instrument. |
 | | Prolific also in his composition of chamber music, Carl Stamitz provided a varied series of compositions for ensembles, ranging from works for wind-band to duos, a number of them involving the viola. |
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