A new source of information concerning Giovanni Platti and his Miserere
A letter from Domenico Palafuti to Padre Martini gives Platti’s date of birth as 9 June 1697, and states that Platti wrote his sonatas for the Cristofori piano. The letter also makes mention of his Miserere, and contains information about Geminiani, Locatelli, and Matucci.