Weiss wrote many hundreds of pieces. A complete list is at SLWeiss.com. Here are three principal pieces:
Lute Sonata in A major
Passacalle
Suite No.7
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Sylvius Leopold Weiss: Notes and Commentary
Sylvius Leopold Weiss was a German composer and lutenist. The son of Johann Jacob Weiss, also a lutenist, he served at courts in Breslau, Rome, and Dresden, where he died. He was one of the most important and most prolific composers of lute music in history and one of the best-known and most technically accomplished lutenists of his day. He wrote around 600 pieces for the instrument, most of them grouped into “sonatas” (not to be confused with the later classical sonata, based on the sonata form) or suites, which consist mostly of baroque dance pieces. Weiss also wrote chamber pieces and concertos, but only the solo parts have survived for most of them. In later life, Weiss became a friend of Wilhelm Friedemann Bach and met J.S. Bach through him. The two were said to have competed in improvisation. He lived from October 12, 1687, to October 16, 1750.—Excerpted from Wikipedia
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Sylvius Leopold Weiss: Books and Music
Selected Books
Performance on Lute, Guitar, and Vihuela
Cambridge Univ. Press, 2005
Victor Anand Coelho
$54.15 on Amazon
A Guide to Playing the Baroque Guitar
Indiana Univ. Press, 2011
James Tyler
$31.46 on Amazon
Selected Music
Sonatas for Lute, Volume 1 (2001)
Pièces de Luth (1993)
Lute Music (2006)
Sylvius Leopold Weiss, 1687-1750
Selected Recordings
Suite in D Minor
Courante in F Major
Parita No. 7
Selected Sheet Music
Passacaille
Source: IMSLP.org
Showcase Piece
Fantasia in C Minor
Notes and Commentary
Sylvius Leopold Weiss was a German composer and lutenist. The son of Johann Jacob Weiss, also a lutenist, he served at courts in Breslau, Rome, and Dresden, where he died. He was one of the most important and most prolific composers of lute music in history and one of the best-known and most technically accomplished lutenists of his day. He wrote around 600 pieces for the instrument, most of them grouped into “sonatas” (not to be confused with the later classical sonata, based on the sonata form) or suites, which consist mostly of baroque dance pieces. Weiss also wrote chamber pieces and concertos, but only the solo parts have survived for most of them. In later life, Weiss became a friend of Wilhelm Friedemann Bach and met J.S. Bach through him. The two were said to have competed in improvisation. He lived from October 12, 1687, to October 16, 1750.—Excerpted from Wikipedia
Books and Music
Selected Books
Performance on Lute, Guitar, and Vihuela
Cambridge Univ. Press, 2005
Victor Anand Coelho
$54.15 on Amazon
A Guide to Playing the Baroque Guitar
Indiana Univ. Press, 2011
James Tyler
$31.46 on Amazon
Selected Music
Sonatas for Lute, Volume 1 (2001)
Pièces de Luth (1993)
Lute Music (2006)
More Sylvius Leopold Weiss music
Complete Works
Weiss wrote many hundreds of pieces. A complete list is at SLWeiss.com. Here are three principal pieces:
Lute Sonata in A major
Passacalle
Suite No.7
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