Baroque Music
by Claude V. Palisca
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
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of
Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN:
0198691629
Palisca, Claude V. Baroque Music, Prentice Hall, December
1990, ISBN: 0130584967
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove
Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc.,
January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors,
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group,
December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
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