Leopold Silvius Weiss (1687 - 1750)
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Silvius Leopold Weiss (12 October 1687 ? 16 October 1750) was a German composer and lutenist.

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 wrote around 600 pieces for lute, 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.

In later life, Weiss became a friend of Wilhelm Friedemann Bach and met J.S. Bach through him. J.S.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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Giga from Suite-Sonata n° 34 (Version in B minor for Piano solo after the original in D minor for Lute)
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Suite-Sonata n° 34 in D minor (Original Key) (Version for Piano solo after the original for Lute)
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Tombeau sur la Mort de Mr. Comte de Logy (Version in E minor for Piano solo after the original in B minor for Lute)
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Ciaccona in A minor from Suite n° 10 - First Part (Version for Piano solo after the original for Lute)
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Ciaccona in A minor from Suite n° 10 - Second Part (Version for Piano solo after the original for Lute)
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