was one of the earliest composers of music for cello. He held posts as court music director at Madrid and Pottsdam in the late 18th century, His output totals some 580 works. The most popular is the cello concerto No 2 in D written in 1768 when he was a successful cellist in Paris. It was published in 1770. It was thought to have been composed around 1760 after his studies in Rome. He wrote a dozen cello concertos between 1763 and 1782.Search Amazon.com for LUIGI BOCCHERINI Cello Concerto No. 2
Luigi Rodolfo Boccherini (February 19, 1743 – May 28, 1805) was an Italian classical era composer and cellist whose music retained a courtly and galante style while he matured somewhat apart from the major European musical centers. Boccherini is most widely known for one particular minuet from his String Quintet in E, Op. 11, No. 5 (G 275), and the Cello Concerto in B flat major (G 482). This last work was long known in the heavily altered version by German cellist and prolific arranger Friedrich Grützmacher, but has recently been restored to its original version. Boccherini's music was influenced by Spanish and Mediterranean music in that he composed several quintets for guitar.
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