Name Sylvius Weiss | Role Composer | |
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Compositions Suite for Lute and Violin in A major - BWV 1025: III Entree (after S L Weiss Sonata S-C 47), Suite for Lute and Violin in A major - BWV 1025: III Entree (after S L Weiss Sonata S-C 47), Sonata no 21 in F minor: VI Gigue, Sonata no 21 in F minor: VI Gigue, Sonata no 11 in D minor: IV Bourree, Sonata no 11 in D minor: IV Bourree, Concerto for Lute and Flute in F major - SC 9: II Allegro, Concerto for Lute and Flute in F major - SC 9: II Allegro, Concerto for Lute in F major - SC 53: III Largo, Concerto for Lute in F major - SC 53: III Largo, Sonata no 46 in A major: IV Sarabande, Sonata no 46 in A major: IV Sarabande, Sonata no 19 in F major: II Allemande, Sonata no 19 in F major: II Allemande, Sonata no 19 in F major: I Prelude, Sonata no 19 in F major: I Prelude, Sonata no 35 in D minor: III Paysane, Sonata no 35 in D minor: III Paysane, Concerto for Lute in F major - SC 53: IV Allegro, Concerto for Lute in F major - SC 53: IV Allegro, Sonata no 35 in D minor: II Courante, Sonata no 35 in D minor: II Courante, Sonata no 27 in C minor: V Menuet, Sonata no 27 in C minor: V Menuet, Tombeau for Count Logy, Tombeau for Count Logy, Concerto grosso in B-flat major - SC 57: I Allegro, Concerto grosso in B-flat major - SC 57: I Allegro, Suite for Lute and Violin in A major - BWV 1025: IV Rondeau (after S L Weiss Sonata S-C 47), Suite for Lute and Violin in A major - BWV 1025: IV Rondeau (after S L Weiss Sonata S-C 47), Sonata no 15 in B-flat major: I Allemande, Sonata no 15 in B-flat major: I Allemande, Sonata no 38 in C major: III Courante, Sonata no 38 in C major: III Courante, Sonata no 35 in D minor: VI Allegro, Sonata no 35 in D minor: VI Allegro, Sonata no 35 in D minor: I Allemande: Adagio, Sonata no 35 in D minor: I Allemande: Adagio, Concerto for Lute and Flute in B-flat major - SC 6: III Grave, Concerto for Lute and Flute in B-flat major - SC 6: III Grave, Sonata no 25 in G minor: III Passepied, Sonata no 25 in G minor: III Passepied, Sonata no 35 in D minor: IV Sarabande, Sonata no 35 in D minor: IV Sarabande, Sonata no 15 in B-flat major: III Paisane, Sonata no 15 in B-flat major: III Paisane, Sonata no 37 in C major: I Prelude, Sonata no 37 in C major: I Prelude, Sonata no 43 in A minor: III Bourree, Sonata no 43 in A minor: III Bourree, Concerto a cinque in C major - SC 90: I Allegro, Concerto a cinque in C major - SC 90: I Allegro, Sonata no 27 in C minor: III Rondeau, Sonata no 27 in C minor: III Rondeau, Sonata no 2 in D major: VII Gigue, Sonata no 2 in D major: VII Gigue, Sonata no 7 in C minor: II Courante, Sonata no 7 in C minor: II Courante, Sonata no 49 in B-flat major: VI Presto, Sonata no 49 in B-flat major: VI Presto, Sonata no 11 in D minor: III Courante, Sonata no 11 in D minor: III Courante, Concerto grosso in B-flat major - SC 57: III Allegro, Concerto grosso in B-flat major - SC 57: III Allegro, Sonata no 45 in A major: I Introduzzione, Sonata no 45 in A major: I Introduzzione, Sonata no 27 in C minor: I Allemande: Andante, Sonata no 27 in C minor: I Allemande: Andante, Sonata no 15 in B-flat major: II Courante, Sonata no 15 in B-flat major: II Courante, Sonata no 49 in B-flat major: V Menuet, Sonata no 49 in B-flat major: V Menuet, Sonata no 7 in C minor: V Menuet, Sonata no 7 in C minor: V Menuet, Sonata no 48 in F-sharp minor: I Allemande: Andante, Sonata no 48 in F-sharp minor: I Allemande: Andante, Sonata no 5 in G major: I Prelude, Sonata no 5 in G major: I Prelude, Sonata no 7 in C minor: IV Gigue, Sonata no 7 in C minor: IV Gigue, Sonata no 34 in D minor: VII Gigue, Sonata no 34 in D minor: VII Gigue, Sonata no 35 in D minor: V Menuet, Sonata no 35 in D minor: V Menuet, Sonata in A minor - L´Infidele - Sarabande, Sonata in A minor - L´Infidele - Sarabande, Sonata no 50 in B-flat major: I Introduzzione, Sonata no 50 in B-flat major: I Introduzzione, Sonata no 38 in C major: V Sarabande, Sonata no 38 in C major: V Sarabande, Sonata no 36 in D minor: I Allemande, Sonata no 36 in D minor: I Allemande, Sonata no 21 in F minor: II Courante, Sonata no 21 in F minor: II Courante, Sonata no 19 in F major: III Courante, Sonata no 19 in F major: III Courante, Sonata no 15 in B-flat major: IV Sarabande, Sonata no 15 in B-flat major: IV Sarabande, Prelude Fantasia & Fugue in C major - Part II, Prelude Fantasia & Fugue in C major - Part II, Allemande, Allemande Similar People Robert Barto, Robert de Visee, Domenico Scarlatti, Francois Couperin, Andres Segovia | ||
Passacalle (Sylvius Leopold Weiss)
Bourrée in D minor (Sylvius Leopold Weiss)
Sylvius Leopold Weiss (12 October 1687 – 16 October 1750) was a German composer and lutenist.
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Born in Grottkau near Breslau, the son of Johann Jacob Weiss, also a lutenist, he served at courts in Breslau, Rome, and Dresden, where he died. Until recently, he was thought to have been born in 1686, but recent evidence suggests that he was in fact born the following year.
Weiss 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 was a teacher to Philip Hyacinth, 4th Prince Lobkowicz, and the prince's second wife Anna Wilhelmina Althan.
In later life, Weiss became a friend of Wilhelm Friedemann Bach and met J.S. Bach through him. Bach and Weiss were said to have competed in improvisation, as the following account by Johann Friedrich Reichardt describes:
"Anyone who knows how difficult it is to play harmonic modulations and good counterpoint on the lute will be surprised and full of disbelief to hear from eyewitnesses that Weiss, the great lutenist, challenged J. S. Bach, the great harpsichordist and organist, at playing fantasies and fugues."
Sylvius Weiss' son Johann Adolph Faustinus Weiss succeeded him as a Saxon court lutenist.
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Weiss probably wrote more than 1000 pieces for lute, from which about 850 attributed pieces survived, most of them grouped into 'sonatas' (not to be confused with the later classical sonata, based on 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.
