Reconstruction of the G minor baroque lute duet by Silvius Leopold Weiss from the London Manuscript

Abstract

The lute virtuoso and composer Silvius Leopold Weiss (1687 – 1750) wrote almost a thousand works for the baroque lute. Only a handful of those works are for a chamber music setting, and even less of them are for lute duo. None but one of these lute duets has survived in its entirety, leaving modern day lute players to speculate and to make their own reconstructions. So far, most of Weiss’ lute duets have been reconstructed, but not the G minor baroque lute duet from the London Manuscript, which will be reconstructed in this edition.