Weiss, Silvius Leopold
Period: Baroque
Born: 1686 in Breslau (now Wroclaw), Poland
Died: Friday, October 16, 1750 in Dresden, Germany
Nation of Origin: Poland/Germany
Major Works:
Lute Music (approximately 600 compositions)
Other Information:
Weiss is often regarded as the greatest lutenist of the late Baroque. He was the most prolific composer of lute music in history.
General Bibliography:
Bukofzer, Manfred F., Music in the Baroque Era, from Monteverdi to Bach, W.W. Norton & Company, November 1947, ISBN: 0393097455
Palisca, Claude V. Baroque Music, Prentice Hall, December 1990, ISBN: 0130584967
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group, December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc., January 2004, ISBN: 0195170679
Rutherford-Johnson, Tim, Kennedy, Michael, and Kennedy, Joyce The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 6th Edition, 2012, ISBN: 0199578109
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