Platti - Cello Concerto in C major, WD 646 (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

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 C-major Cello Concerto, WD 646. The original score for this work is housed in the Schönborn 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. The second movement is played only by the soloist and the basso continuo.

This set contains the score and all performance parts.

We would like to thank the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections for providing a copy of the manuscript score.