Giovanni Benedetto Platti was an Italian oboist and composer.
Life
Platti studied music in Italy. While he was still in Italy, he probably saw the recently invented fortepiano and a few of his keyboard solo sonatas and concertos might have been composed for it instead of the harpsichord but this point is debatable. In the chamber works the harpsichord is clearly the instrument required. No "piano" or "forte" indications are on Platti's keyboard parts in his concertos for harpsichord and strings, though. Also, the extension of at least one of these concertos asks for a D that is beyond Cristofori's instrument's compass. 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. His duties included finding musicians for the court, as one can read in one of his autograph letters that are available.
Messa in F Major Violins I/II, Viola, Violoncello e Basso Continuo . Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Osanna, Benedictus, Agnus Dei,
Messa in A Major Violins I/II, Viola, Violoncello e Basso Continuo Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Et incarnatus, Sanctus, Osanna, Benedictus, Agnus Dei.
Messa Concertata in c minor. Soprano solo, tenore solo, Basso I/II soli.. Violins I/II, Viola, Violoncello e Basso Continuo. Requiem aeternam, Te decet hymnus, Kyrie, Dies irae, Quantus tremor, Tuba mirum, Lacrymosa, Huie ergo, Domine Jesu Christe, Quam olim Abrahae, Sanctus, Hosanna, Benedictus, Hosanna, Agnus Dei, Lux aeterna.
Miserere in g minor. Soprano solo, Tenore solo, Basso solo.. Oboe solo, Violins I/II, Viola, Violoncello e basso continuo.
Stabat Mater in c minor. Basso solo. Flute solo, Oboe solo, Violas I/II, Violoncello e Basso Continuo.
Offertorium in B flat Major - A otto voci. Violins I/II, Viola, Violoncello e basso continuo.
Other sacred works mentioned in different sources are now lost. PROFANE VOCAL WORKS : - Cantata in C Major: "Corre dal bosco al prato la misera cervetta" for Soprano, Clavicembalo obbligato, Violins I/II, Violas, Violoncello and basso continuo. - Cantata in A Major: "Già libero, già sciolto" for Soprano, Violins I/II, Viola, Violoncello and basso continuo. - Cantata in B flat Major: "Sdegni e disprezzi" for Soprano, Violiins I/II, Viola, Violoncello and basso continuo. - 1 Serenata, only the text is available, the music is lost. - 2 Arias for Soprano and Harpsichord - only the music is available, the text is lost. INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC:
Concert for oboe and strings. oboe solo, Violins I/II, Viola, Violoncello and basso continuo.
A total of 9 concertos for harpsichord and string quartet . The copies of the manuscripts now in Berlin mention "cembalo" as the solo instrument. At least one copy of these concertos bears the date 1743 in the manuscript copy now in Berlin. A tenth concerto for harpsichord and string quartet, in g minor, was also probably written as its first bars appear on an old J.U. Haffner edition, mentioning this concerto and the existing D major one.No copies of this g minor concerto have yet been found, though.
Concert for Violin and strings in A Major. Violin solo, Violins I/II, Viola, Violoncello and basso continuo.
28 concertos for cello and string quartet or other string accompaniments, sometimes string trio, sometimes a violone instead of a viola. All of them with basso continuo.
23 Trio Sonatas or simply Trios for different instruments.
1 sonata in A major for Violin and basso continuo.
12 sonatas for violoncello and basso continuo.
6 flute sonatas op. 3.
1 sonata for oboe and basso continuo.
4 Ricercate for violin and cello.
20 sonatas for harpsichord solo.
1 Arioso e Allegro for solo harpsichord solo.
1 Fantasia-Gavotta for harpsichord solo.
, In this book the author lists the works which have been published and those that exist only in manuscript form. RECORDINGS: There are many recordings of the music listed above, both in LPs and CDs and also on YOUTUBE.
