Johann Sigismund Weiss (c.1690-1737)
- Concerto in d-moll
Performers: Slava Grigοryаn (guitar); Tаsmаniаn Symphony Orchestra; Benjamin Nοrthеy (conductor)
Further info: Baroque Guitar Concertos
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German lutenist and composer. Son of Johann Jacob Weiss (c.1662-1754)
and brother of Silvius Leopold Weiss (1686-1750), he probably was
trained by his father with whom, in 1708, was appointed lutenist at the
court of the Elector Palatine in Düsseldorf; he remained at the Palatine
court until his death. After Elector Johann Wilhelm died in 1716 the
court music positions became unstable. In 1718 a lutenist, ‘Mr Weys’,
gave weekly chamber concerts in London for several months and played for
the king, possibly seeking a position at Court. This was probably
Johann Sigismund Weiss rather than his elder brother. By 1732 he had
been promoted to director of instrumental music, and in a personnel list
of 1734 is cited as both Konzertmeister and theorbo player. He married
in 1726, and remarried two years after his first wife’s death in 1732.
Ernst Gottlieb Baron described him as not only a lutenist ‘but also an
excellent gambist and violinist and composer’.
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