Leopold Silvius Weiss (1687 - 1750) Allemagne Sylvius (ou Silvius) Leopold Weiss, luthiste, théorbiste et compositeur allemand, né le 12 octobre 1687 à Breslau en Silésie (aujourd'hui Wroclaw en Pologne) et mort à Dresde le 15 octobre 1750.
Son premier prénom est souvent écrit "Sylvius' car il figure ainsi en légende du seul portrait qui est arrivé jusqu'à nous. En réalité, il signait toujours 'Silvius'.
Il apprit le luth auprès de son père Johann Jacob. Après un premier emploi de musicien de cour dans sa ville natale, le jeune Weiss s'installe à la cour de Düsseldorf en 1706 au service de l?électeur Johann Wihelm.
En 1708, il part pour Rome, où il est musicien du prince Aleksander Benedykt Sobieski (fils de Jean III Sobieski). Lors de ce séjour en Italie, il a probablement l?occasion de rencontrer Domenico Scarlatti, Arcangelo Corelli et Georg Friedrich Händel.
À la mort du prince, en 1714, Sylvius Leopold Weiss quitte l?Italie et travaille aux cours de Kassel, Düsseldorf et Dresde. En 1717, il se rend à Prague, où il rencontre le luthiste Johann Anton Losy von Losimthal appelé aujourd'hui comte Logy. En 1721, à la mort du comte Logy, il composera un tombeau en sa mémoire. Il part ensuite pour Londres, où il restera cinq mois.
En 1718, de retour à Dresde, il est nommé musicien de chambre d?Auguste II le Fort, Prince-Electeur de Saxe et roi de Pologne. À cette fonction, il a l?occasion de rencontrer le flûtiste Johann Joachim Quantz ainsi que les membres de la famille Bach. Musicien reconnu et très prolifique, il enseignera le luth à des élèves comme Ernst Gottlieb Baron.
J. F. Reichardt écrit, en 1805, au sujet de la concurrence que se livraient les musiciens à Dresde : « Quiconque connaît la difficulté de jouer des modulations et de bons contrepoints au luth sera étonné et croira à peine que des témoins oculaires nous assurent que le grand luthiste de Dresde qu?était Sylvius Leopold Weiss, faisait la compétition avec Johann Sebastian Bach, grand claveciniste et organiste, en jouant des fantaisies et des fugues. »
Weiss a composé quelque 600 ?uvres. Les principales sources dont nous disposons pour connaître son ?uvre sont le Manuscrit de Londres, conservé à la British Library de Londres, qui comprend 237 pièces de tablature manuscrite pour luth seul dont 26 suites et de nombreuses pièces dont la Fantaisie (Prague, 1719), et le Tombeau sur la mort du comte Logy. Le Manuscrit de Dresde, conservé à la Sächsische Landesbibliothek de Dresde, comprend 21 suites. Ses concertos pour luth avec d?autres instruments sont perdus.
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Sylvius Leopold Weiss : Tombeau Und Fantasie Guitare Guitare classique Universal Edition
(fur Gitarre). By Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1686-1750). Edited by Olaf Van Gonnisse...(+)
(fur Gitarre). By Sylvius
Leopold Weiss
(1686-1750). Edited by
Olaf Van Gonnissen. For
Guitar. New Karl Scheit
Guitar Edition. 9 pages.
Published by Universal
Edition
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Suite L'infid Guitare Guitare classique [Partition] Schott
(London Manuscript No. 23 Guitar). By Silvius Leopold Weiss. Edited by Ansgar Kr...(+)
(London Manuscript No. 23
Guitar). By Silvius
Leopold Weiss. Edited by
Ansgar Krause. For
Guitar. Schott.
Softcover. 16 pages.
Schott Music #GA555.
Published by Schott Music
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Silvius Leopold Weiss : Suite Guitare Guitare classique Schott
(London Manuscript No. 26). By Silvius Leopold Weiss. Edited by Ansgar Krause. F...(+)
(London Manuscript No.
26). By Silvius Leopold
Weiss. Edited by Ansgar
Krause. For Guitar.
Schott. Softcover. 16
pages. Schott Music
#GA556. Published by
Schott Music
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Prelude Silvius Leopold Weiss Guitare Guitare classique - Intermédiaire/avancé Schott
Erstausgabe. Composed by Manuel Maria Ponce. This edition: Saddle stitching....(+)
Erstausgabe. Composed by
Manuel Maria Ponce. This
edition: Saddle
stitching.
Sheet music. Guitar
Archive.
Baroque, Classical.
Softcover. 8 pages.
Duration
3'. Schott Music #GA
576.
Published by Schott Music
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La Guitare classique - Volume C Guitare [Conducteur] - Intermédiaire Combre
Guitar - Level 3 SKU: LM.C04668 Composed by Jean-Maurice Mourat. Classica...(+)
Guitar - Level 3
SKU:
LM.C04668
Composed by
Jean-Maurice Mourat.
Classical. Score.
Editions Combre #C04668.
Published by Editions
Combre (LM.C04668).
ISBN
9790230346689.
MUDA
RRA Alonso : Pavane
d'Alexandre - TARREGA
Francisco : Malaguena
facil - JOHNSON Robert :
Alman - WEISS Silvius
Leopold : Praeludium -
PERNAMBUCO Juan : Chorus
- REUSNER Esaias :
Sarabande - DLUGRAI
Adalbert : Villanella -
DLUGRAI Adalbert : Finale
- REUSNER Esaias : Gigue
- NARVAEZ Jose-Luis :
Cancion del Emperador -
TARREGA Francisco : Tango
- BEDARD Jean-Baptiste :
Folies d'Espagne -
NARVAEZ Jose-Luis :
Guardame las Vacas -
TARREGA Francisco : Maria
(Gavotte) - WEISS Silvius
Leopold : Fantaisie - SOR
Fernando : Etude -
DOWLAND John : Sir John
Smith His Almaine -
SCARLATTI Domenico :
Sonate L.483 - MUDARRA
Alonso : Fantasia - WEISS
Silvius Leopold : Tombeau
(sur la mort de M. Comte
de Logy arrivee 1721) -
CAMPION Francois : Air -
CAMPION Francois : Gigue
- SANZ Gaspar : Canarios
- RONCALLI Ludovico :
Passacaglia - RONCALLI
Ludovico : Gigue - BACH
Johann Sebastian :
Sarabande - FRESCOBALDI
Girolamo : La
Frescobalda.
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Sonata XXIII (Dresden nr.48) for Solo Guitar Guitare Metropolis Music Publishers
Guitar Solo SKU: IS.G6761EM Composed by Silvio Leopold Weiss. Arranged by...(+)
Guitar Solo
SKU:
IS.G6761EM
Composed
by Silvio Leopold Weiss.
Arranged by Ben Beuming.
Plucked - Guitar.
Metropolis Music
Publishers #G6761EM.
Published by Metropolis
Music Publishers
(IS.G6761EM).
ISBN
9790365067619.
This
sonata (WeissSW No. 48,
Dresden) is one of a new
series of eight sonatas
by Silvius Leopold Weiss
arranged for the first
time for guitar and
published by Metropolis
Music. Sonata XXIII comes
from a set of tablature
manuscript volumes in the
Sächsisches
Landesbibliothek in
Dresden (Ms. Mus.
2841-â?V-â?1).
There are five volumes
with a total of 34
sonatas of Weiss for solo
lute. The sonatas are
ordered by key and
further sorted by size or
complexity. Sonata XXIII
is a large and mature
piece. It probably dates
to the last period of the
life of Weiss. The Sonata
has seven movements:
Prelude, Allemande
(andante), Courante,
Bourée, Sarabande
(andante), Menuet, and it
ends with a Presto. The
use of tempo indications
for French dance
movements is
characteristic for the
later work of Weiss. The
purpose of beginning a
lute sonata with a
Prelude is to introduce
the specific key and the
harmonic design of the
sonata. However, not
every sonata in the
Dresden manuscripts has a
Prelude. About one third
of the 34 Dresden Sonatas
opens with a Prelude, but
only six of them may be
considered truly integral
to the sonata. The other
Preludes are composed in
a rather
â??rudimentaryâ??
style, as a model for the
less experienced lute
player to improvise on
the central key and
theme. They may have been
added later in the
copying process. The
Prelude of this
particular Sonata is
regarded as spurious, in
respect to composition, a
rather weak addition. I
have included the Prelude
in this Edition, leaving
it to the guitar player
to judge whether it fits
with the musical style
and idiom of the Sonata
or not. Originally, the
Sonata is written in F
sharp minor, a key often
used by Weiss as it is
appropriate for playing
the lute, but rather
awkward with the guitar.
For ease and
effectiveness of playing,
I have transposed the
Sonata a major second
lower to E minor. To
create more concordance
with the baroque tuning
of the lute, the G string
is lowered by a semitone
to F sharp. I suggest
using a capodastro to
achieve the original
pitch. Based on the
present standard of A at
440 Hertz, the capo
should be placed at the
2nd fret. However, during
Weissâ??s lifetime, it
was more common in many
parts of Germany to use a
standard of A at 415
Hertz -â? a semitone
lower. So, to hear the
pitch heard by Weiss and
his contemporaries, the
capo should then be
positioned at the 1st
fret.
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Sonata XXIX (Dresden nr.25) for Solo Guitar Guitare Metropolis Music Publishers
Guitar Solo SKU: IS.G6763EM Composed by Silvio Leopold Weiss. Arranged by...(+)
Guitar Solo
SKU:
IS.G6763EM
Composed
by Silvio Leopold Weiss.
Arranged by Ben Beuming.
Plucked - Guitar.
Metropolis Music
Publishers #G6763EM.
Published by Metropolis
Music Publishers
(IS.G6763EM).
ISBN
9790365067633.
This
sonata (WeissSW No. 25,
Dresden) is one of a new
series of eight sonatas
by Silvius Leopold Weiss
arranged for the first
time for guitar and
published by Metropolis
Music. Sonata XXIX comes
from a set of tablature
manuscript volumes in the
Sächsisches
Landesbibliothek in
Dresden (Ms. Mus.
2841-â?V-â?1).
There are five volumes
with a total of 34
sonatas of Weiss for solo
lute. The sonatas are
ordered by key and
further sorted by size or
complexity. Sonata XXIX
comes from Weissâ??s
middle â??productiveâ??
period, around 1720. The
Sonata has seven
movements: Prelude,
Allemande (andante),
Passepied, Bourée,
Sarabande, Menuet, and it
ends with a Gigue. There
is another copy of this
Sonata, known as Suite
XIX, in a London
Manuscript (British
Library Ms. Add. 30387).
The London version does
not include a Prelude,
and the Sarabande is
completely different. The
other movements are
similar to those in the
Dresden Manuscript. The
Sonata in this Edition is
based on the Dresden
Manuscript. The purpose
of beginning a lute
sonata with a Prelude is
to introduce the specific
key and the harmonic
design of the sonata.
However, not every sonata
in the Dresden and London
manuscripts has a
Prelude. About one third
of the 34 Dresden Sonatas
opens with a Prelude, but
only six of them may be
considered truly integral
to the sonata. The other
preludes are composed in
a rather
â??rudimentaryâ??
style, as a model for the
less experienced lute
player to improvise on
the central key and
theme. The Prelude in
this particular Sonata
cannot be regarded as
integral. It has been
added later, either by
the compiler of the
volumes or perhaps by
Weiss himself.
Originally, the Sonata is
written in G minor, a key
not often used by Weiss,
but considered
appropriate for playing
the lute. With the
guitar, however, the key
is rather awkward. For
ease and effectiveness of
playing, I have
transposed the Sonata a
minor third lower to E
minor. To create more
concordance with the
baroque tuning of the
lute, the G string is
lowered by a semitone to
F sharp. I suggest using
a capodastro to achieve
the original pitch. Based
on the present standard
of A at 440 Hertz, the
capo should be placed at
the 3rd fret. However,
during Weissâ??s
lifetime, it was more
common in many parts of
Germany to use a standard
of A at 415 Hertz -â?
a semitone lower. So, to
hear the pitch heard by
Weiss and his
contemporaries, the capo
should then be positioned
at the 2nd fret.
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Sonata XXVII (Dresden nr.50) for Solo Guitar Guitare Metropolis Music Publishers
Guitar Solo SKU: IS.G6760EM Composed by Silvio Leopold Weiss. Arranged by...(+)
Guitar Solo
SKU:
IS.G6760EM
Composed
by Silvio Leopold Weiss.
Arranged by Ben Beuming.
Plucked - Guitar.
Metropolis Music
Publishers #G6760EM.
Published by Metropolis
Music Publishers
(IS.G6760EM).
ISBN
9790365067602.
This
sonata (WeissSW No. 50,
Dresden) is one of a new
series of eight sonatas
by Silvius Leopold Weiss
arranged for the first
time for guitar and
published by Metropolis
Music. Sonata XXVII comes
from a set of tablature
manuscript volumes in the
Sächsisches
Landesbibliothek in
Dresden (Ms. Mus.
2841-â?V-â?1).
There are five volumes
with a total of 34
sonatas of Weiss for solo
lute. The sonatas are
ordered by key and
further sorted by size or
complexity. Sonata XXVII
is a large and mature
piece, composed in
Weissâ??s late period,
around 1730. The Sonata
has six movements:
Introduzzione (an opening
movement in Italian style
with elements of an
Allemande and Prelude),
Courante, Bourrée,
Sarabande, Menuet, and it
ends with a Presto. The
use of tempo indications
for French dance
movements is
characteristic for the
later work of Weiss.
Originally, the Sonata is
written in B flat major,
a key often used by Weiss
as it is appropriate for
playing the lute, but
rather awkward with the
guitar. For ease and
effectiveness of playing,
I have transposed the
Sonata a minor third
lower to G major. To
create more concordance
with the baroque tuning
of the lute, the G string
is lowered by a semitone
to F sharp. I suggest
using a capodastro to
achieve the original
pitch. Based on the
present standard of A at
440 Hertz, the capo
should be placed at the
3rd fret. However, during
Weissâ??s lifetime, it
was more common in many
parts of Germany to use a
standard of A at 415
Hertz -â? a semitone
lower. So, to hear the
pitch heard by Weiss and
his contemporaries, the
capo should then be
positioned at the 2nd
fret.
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