Platti - Cello Concerto in F major, WD 656 (Urtext Edition)

Giovanni Benedetto Platti (1697-1763) was an Italian Baroque composer and oboist. In 1722, he was called to Würzburg to work for the prince-bishop of Bamberg and Würzburg, Johann Philipp Franz von Schönborn. There he married Theresia Langprückner, a soprano singer with whom he had at least two children. Platti spent the rest of his life in Würzburg, working as a singer, instrument virtuoso, composer, and conductor.

This is the first edition of the F-major Cello Concerto, WD 656. The original score for this work is housed in a private collection. The solo cello part does not go above a G4, although it is notated in tenor clef occasionally. There is no viola part in this piece.

This set contains the score and all performance parts.

ASTA level: 2.5–3