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Piatti

Alfredo Piatti (1822–1901) was an Italian cellist and composer from Bergamo who studied at the Milan Conservatory before settling in London, where he became a defining figure of Victorian musical life. He performed at the Monday Popular Concerts at St James's Hall for over thirty years, building a close artistic partnership with Joseph Joachim that produced some of the most celebrated chamber music performances of the age. His twelve caprices for solo cello remain the foundation of the instrument's advanced pedagogical repertoire, and he returned to Bergamo only in his final years, having spent the better part of half a century in London.

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