Silvius Leopold Weiss

Silvius Leopold Weiss (12 October 1687 – 16 October 1750) was a German composer and lutenist. He was born in Silesia (in present-day Poland) to the lutenist Johann Jacob Weiss, who taught the lute to his children. Weiss was a child prodigy and played for Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor c. 1694. He was employed by nobility including Charles III Philip of Palatinate-Neuburg and Alexander Sobieski, travelling with them to various courts and cities in Europe. From 1718, Weiss was a musician at the Dresden court of Augustus the Strong, the Elector of Saxony and King of Poland. He played the lute and the theorbo on many occasions. He was acquainted with Johann Sebastian Bach, who frequently visited Dresden, and on occasion they played music together, reportedly competing in playing fantasias and fugues. Bach's trio in A major for violin and harpsichord BWV 1025 is based on a sonata by Weiss. At the time of his death, Weiss was the highest-paid instrumentalist at the Dresden court. He left the largest known corpus of music for lute and is recognised as one of the greatest lutenists of all time.

Sylvius Leopold Weiss: Sonates WeissSW49 Et WeissSW25 Dersde - 2026-03-21T00:00:00.000000Z

Long Winter - 2026-02-10T00:00:00.000000Z

Lagoya joue Bach (Jésus que ma joie demeure), Scarlatti & Weiss - 2025-09-22T00:00:00.000000Z

Fireworks for Lute - 2025-05-23T00:00:00.000000Z

Fireworks for Lute - 2025-05-23T00:00:00.000000Z

Weiss: Lute Sonata No. 34 - 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000000Z

S.L. Weiss: Sonata in E Minor - 2025-03-15T00:00:00.000000Z

Suites en Do mineur et Fa Mineur De Sylvius Leopold Weiss - 2024-11-20T00:00:00.000000Z

Silvius Leopold Weiss Suites en si Bemol et la Majeur - 2024-11-19T00:00:00.000000Z

Weiss: Selected Works for Lute - 2024-10-11T00:00:00.000000Z

Weiss & J.S. Bach: Suite Sw47 for Guitar and Violin - 2024-06-26T00:00:00.000000Z

Sylvius Leopold Weiss: Suites Dresde Do Maj 27-Si bémol 4-Do min 27 - 2024-06-02T00:00:00.000000Z

Dresden Manuscript, Vol. 1 - 2024-05-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Bei Bach zu Hause - 2024-02-02T00:00:00.000000Z

Sylvius Leopold Weiss: Suites en re mineur 36 et do majeur 40 - 2023-06-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Silvius Leopold Weiss: Sonatas for Lute, Vol. 2 - 2022-12-09T00:00:00.000000Z

Lute - Larger than Life - 2022-03-11T00:00:00.000000Z

Capriccio: Music for Lute by Leopold Weiss, Vol. 4 - 2021-10-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Weiss: Works for Lute (Arr. A. Rinehart for Guitar) - 2021-09-24T00:00:00.000000Z

Silvius Leopold Weiss, Sonatas for Lute - 2021-09-20T00:00:00.000000Z

Sylvius Leopold Weiss: Suites for Guitar, Vol. I - 2021-09-20T00:00:00.000000Z

Weiss: Sonatas - 2021-03-26T00:00:00.000000Z

S.L. Weiss, Pièces de luth - 2020-11-23T00:00:00.000000Z

Weiss: Lute Works (Arr. D. Cerović for Guitar) - 2020-08-14T00:00:00.000000Z

Ars melancholiae - 2020-06-05T00:00:00.000000Z

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