Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1687-1750) was a German composer and lutenist. Although largely overshadowed by renaissance lute composers like John Dowland, Weiss was known as the most prolific and successful lutenist of his age. He composed…

Baroque Music is generally understood as the period or style of classical music from around 1600 to 1750. The name ‘baroque’ comes from the French baroque and further back from the Portuguese barocco, denoting ‘a…