Thomas Alexander Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie, styled Viscount Fentoun and Lord Pittenweem until 1756, was a Scottish musician and composer whose considerable talent brought him international fame and
The Earl of Kellie.
Johann Stamitz
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Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz was a Czech composer and violinist. Stamitz is considered the founding father of the Mannheim school, a composition style that his two surviving sons, Carl and Anton Stamit
Thomas Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie
…physician and poet. Born in Edinburgh, Thomas attended the Royal High School before leaving around 1752 for Mannheim in Germany to study under the elder Johann Stamitz. After his father's death in 1756, Alexander returned to Scotland as a virtuoso violinist and composer, nicknamed "Fiddler Tam". He began propagating…
Johann Stamitz