Silvius Leopold Weiss

Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1686-1750) brought the lute to such a high level of artistic fluency that his instrument did not survive him.
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Composition Highlights

Title	Year	Avg. Duration	Genre
Sonata for lute in A minor ("L'infidèle") (Dresden MS No. 15; London MS No. 23), WeissSW 29 (Smith 187-192)	1719	21:00	Chamber Music
Tombeau sur la mort de Monsieur Comte de Logy, for lute in B flat minor (London MS), WeissSW 20* (Smith 210)	1706	07:09	Chamber Music Miscellaneous (Classical)
Sonata for lute in D minor (Dresden MS No. 5), WeissSW 34 (Smith 233-240)		21:11	Chamber Music
Partita for lute in D minor (Moscow MS; attributed to Weiss)		31:57	Chamber Music
Passacaglia for lute		03:52	Chamber Music
Fantasia for lute in E minor		03:23	Chamber Music
Adagio mesto e Allegretto (arr. by Segovia)		07:45	Chamber Music
Tombeau sur la mort de Momsieur Cajetan Baron D'Hartig, for lute in E flat minor (London MS), WeissSW 11* (Smith 110)		05:47	Chamber Music
Fantasia for lute No. 1 in C minor (London MS), WeissSW 9* (Smith 83)		02:34	Chamber Music
Sonata for lute in F major (Moscow MS), WeissSW 77		10:00	Chamber Music
Capriccio for lute in D major (London MS), WeissSW 25* (Smith 215)		03:00	Chamber Music
Sonata for lute in F minor (Dresden MS No. 28; London MS No. 15), WeissSW 21 (Smith 128-133)		29:43	Chamber Music
Sonata for lute in G minor (Dresden MS No. 29; London MS No. 19), WeissSW 25 (Smith 159-164, 350)		25:56	Chamber Music
Sonata for lute in F major (Dresden MS No. 1), WeissSW 33 (Smith 225-231)		19:17	Chamber Music
Menuet for lute in D major		03:06	Chamber Music
Passacaille for lute in D major		05:44	Chamber Music
Sonata for lute in D major (London MS No. 2), WeissSW 2 (Smith 11-18, 576)		23:28	Chamber Music
Sonata for lute in A minor (Dresden MS No. 16), WeissSW 43 (Smith 292-298)		16:48	Chamber Music
Sonata for lute in F major (Dresden MS No. 3; London MS No. 1), WeissSW 1 (Smith 1-10, 423, 573)		24:25	Chamber Music
Sonata for 2 lutes in D major, WeissSW 59		16:01	Chamber Music