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Silvius Leopold Weiss
Born: 12th October 1687, Grodkow, Poland
Died: 16th October 1750, Dresden, Germany
Nationality: German
Sylvius Leopold Weiss was a German composer and lutenist.
Born in Grottkau near Breslau, the son of Johann Jacob Weiss, also a lutenist, 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.
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.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvius_Leopold_Weiss
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- Allemande (4)
- Bourree (5)
- Ciaccona in A major (4)
- Ciaccona in E flat major (3)
- Ciaccona in G minor (3)
- Ciaconna (4)
- Courante (4)
- Fantasia in C major (5)
- Fantasia in C minor (8)
- Fantasia in E minor (4)
- Fantasie (17)
- Gigue (4)
- Lute Sonata in A major (3)
- Lute Sonata No. 18 in D Major, WeissSW 18 (3)
- Lute Sonata No. 2 in D major (3)
- Lute Sonata No. 25 in G minor (4)
- Lute Sonata No. 39 in C major 'Partita Grande' (4)
- Lute Sonata No. 50 in B flat major (3)
- Lute Sonata No.21 in F minor (3)
- Menuet I (3)
- Overture in B flat major (3)
- Partita in D minor (4)
- Passacaglia in D major (5)
- Passacaille (10)
- Prelude (5)
- Prélude & Fuga in C major (3)
- Prelude in D major (3)
- Prelude in D minor (6)
- Sarabande (6)
- Sonata for Lute No. 8 in A Major (3)
- Sonata in A minor ‘L'Infidèle' (5)
- Sonata in C minor (4)
- Sonata in F major (4)
- Sonata in G minor (5)
- Sonata No. 7 in C minor (4)
- Suite for Lute in D minor (8)
- Suite in C minor (4)
- Suite in G minor (4)
- Tombeau sur la mort de M. Cajetan, Baron d'Harting, arrivée le 25 mars 1719 (9)
- Tombeau sur la mort de M. Comte d'Logy, arrivée en 1721 (21)
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