Sylvius (or Silvius) Leopold Weiss , Lute ist, theorbist and Type-setter German, born on October 12th 1686 with Breslau in Silesia (today Wroclaw in Poland) and died with Dresden on October 15th 1750.
Its first first name is often written " Sylvius" because it appears thus in legend of the only portrait which arrived to us. Actually, it always signed " Silvius".
He learned the Luth near his father Johann Jacob. After a first use of musician of court in his birthplace, the Weiss young person settles at the court of Düsseldorf in 1706 with the service of the voter Johann Wihelm.
In 1708, it leaves for Rome, where he is musician of prince Aleksander Benedykt Sobieski (wire of Jean III Sobieski). At the time of this stay in Italy, it probably on the occasion to meet Domenico Scarlatti, Arcangelo Corelli and Georg Friedrich Händel.
With died of the prince, in 1714, Sylvius Leopold Weiss leaves the Italy and works with the courses of Kassel, Düsseldorf and Dresden. In 1717, it goes to Prague, where it meets the Luth ist Johann Anton lossy von Losimthal called count Logy today. In 1721, with died of the count Logy, it will compose a tomb in its memory. It leaves then for London, where there will remain five months.
In 1718, of return to Dresden, it is named musician of room of Auguste II the Fort, Prince-Voter of Saxony and king de Pologne. With this function, it at the time of meeting the Flutist Johann Joachim Quantz as well as the members of the Family Bach. Recognized and very prolific musician, it will teach the Luth with pupils like Ernst Gottlieb Baron.
J.F. written Reichardt, in 1805, about competition that the musicians devoted themselves to Dresden: “Whoever has the problem to play of the modulations and by goods counterpoints with the Luth will be astonished and will believe hardly that eyewitnesses ensure us that the large lutist of Dresden which was Sylvius Leopold Weiss, made the competition with Johann Sebastian Bach, large Clavecin ist and organist, while playing of the Fantaisie S and the Fugue S.”
Weiss composed some 600 works. The independent sources we have to know his work are the Manuscrit of London , preserved at the British Library of London, which only includes/understands 237 parts of handwritten Tablature for Luth including 26 continuation S and of many parts of which the Fantaisie (Prague, 1719), and the Tombeau on the death of the count Logy . The Handwritten of Dresden , preserved at Sächsische Landesbibliothek of Dresden, includes/understands 21 continuation S. Its concertos for lute with other instruments are lost.
Discography
Many recordings, of which: Sonatas for lute , volume 1. Yasunori Imamura, lute with 13 cords. CD Claves 50-2613, published in 2006. Mention " Tuning fork of Or" review discographic Tuning fork
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