Composers : Silvius Leopold Weiss
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| No. | Song Name | No.of pages | Transcription by | MIDI |
| 1 | Bourree from Erste Sonata (Suite in D Minor) | 2 | Siegfried Behrend | |
| 2 | Fantasie | 3 | Karl Scheit | |
| 3 | Fantasie | 3 | Barna Kovats | |
| 4 | Fantasie | 2 | Deric Kennard | |
| 5 | Prelude from Partita No15 | 1 | Deric Kennard | |
| 6 | Prelude in E | 4 | Carl Van Feggelen | |
| 7 | Sonate in a moll L'infidele : Entrée | 2 | Rolf Dannehl | |
| 8 | Sonate in a moll L'infidele : Menuet | 2 | ||
| 9 | Sonate in a moll L'infidele : Sarabande | 1 | ||
| 10 | Toccata | 2 | Emilio Pujol | |
| 11 | Tombeau | 2 | Barna Kovats |
Silvius Leopold Weiss (October 12, 1687 – October 16, 1750) was a German composer and lutenist.
Born in Grodkow, the son of Johann Jacob Weiss, also a lutenist, he served at courts in Breslau, Rome, and Dresden, where he died. Until recently, he was thought to have been born in 1686, but recent evidence suggests that he was in fact born the following year.
Weiss was one of the best-known and most technically accomplished lutenists of his day. He was also a prolific composer for the instrument, and wrote around 600 pieces for it. Many of his works are grouped into 'sonatas' (not to be confused with the later classical sonata, based on sonata form) or suites, which consist mostly of baroque dance pieces. Weiss also wrote chamber pieces and concertos, but no complete example survives.
In later life, Weiss became a friend of J.S. Bach. The two were said to have competed in improvisation, as the following account by Johann Friedrich Reichardt describes:
"Anyone who knows how difficult it is to play harmonic modulations and good counterpoint on the lute will be surprised and full of disbelief to hear from eyewitnesses that Weiss, the great lutenist, challenged J. S. Bach, the great harpsichordist and organist, at playing fantasies and fugues."
