[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Beginning Weiss?

2011-09-07 Thread Mathias Rösel
Go through the London manuscript. The suites #1 (F, fol. 1), #13 (d, fol. 56v), #19 (d, fol. 91) are good for starters IMO. The suites in F and d in the Dresden ms. aren't more difficult, but they require 13 courses. BTW I'd always save preludes for the last. My twopence Mathias > -Ursprün

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Beginning Weiss?

2011-09-07 Thread Charles Browne
The Lute Society published :- Sylvius Leopold Weiss: Six Sonatas for 11-Course Lute edited by Peter Lay. Six sonatas (suites) and a fantasie, edited from the London and Dresden Weiss manuscripts, 39 pages, ISBN 0 905655 05 2. (copied from the website so they are still available ) Charles Brown

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Beginning Weiss?

2011-09-07 Thread Mike Peterson
I agree, this is the best! Mike P On Sep 7, 2011, at 2:53 PM, Charles Browne wrote: > The Lute Society published :- > > Sylvius Leopold Weiss: Six Sonatas for 11-Course Lute edited by Peter Lay. > Six sonatas (suites) and a fantasie, edited from the London and Dresden Weiss > manuscripts, 39 p

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Beginning Weiss?

2011-09-08 Thread Lutesoc
A sequel to this edited by Wilfred Foxe for 13c has just gone on sale on the Lute Society website, - Chris Goodwin In a message dated 08/09/2011 05:28:12 GMT Standard Time, mb...@comcast.net writes: I agree, this is the best! Mike P On Sep 7, 2011, at 2:53 PM, Charles B

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Beginning Weiss?

2011-09-08 Thread henkjan
I'd suggest Sonate 34 in D-minor, especially the menuets Regards, Henk-Jan On Wed, 7 Sep 2011 14:52:23 -0400 (EDT), theoj89...@aol.com wrote: I play mostly 11 course b-lute, not great facility on the 13 course yet (my 13-c string spacing is dramatically different, which throws me off). I h