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Silvius
Leopold Weiss
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These are the
following Complete Lute Sonatas that we have available
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Drop D Tuning - D Major
* S-C 2
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Drop D Tuning - G Major
* S-C 5
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Standard Tuning - A Major
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Drop D Tuning - D Major
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Drop D Tuning - D Major
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Drop D Tuning - A Minor - Known as L'Infidèle
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Drop D Tuning - D Minor
* S-C 34
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Standard Tuning - C Major
* S-C 37
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Drop D Tuning - C Major
* S-C 38
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Drop D and Standard Tuning - A Minor - our latest addition
* S-C 42
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Standard Tuning - A Major
* S-C 12
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Standard Tuning - A Major
* S-C 45
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* = Smith - Crawford Numbering of Weiss Lute Sonatas |
You can also
Purchase the Entire Weiss Collection for one discounted price!
You can also Purchase the 6
Sonatas from the London MS that we offer.
You can also Purchase the 6
Sonatas from the Dresden MS that we offer.
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It was my intention from the very beginning
of these endeavors to offer classical guitarists the opportunity to
perform "complete" Lute Sonatas from this great lute composer.
These Sonatas that I've worked on constitute an enormous amount of time
invested into the transcription from the original lute tablature and the
configuring of the playing on the 6 string classical guitar. There
are enormous difficulties inherent in these simple statements. The
idea, simply, was not to recreate the "sound" of the lute, but to embody
the spirit of the music itself in its meager translation to the
classical guitar. If you were to put my back to the wall, I will
be the first to tell you that this music should be performed on its
native instrument. But that is neither possible for the majority
of classical guitarists nor feasible in the short term. In other
words, as I wrote to a colleague in late 2005, I wouldn't expect a
lutenist to want to play these arrangements....they are solely for the
classical guitarist.
Given the fact that Weiss' music has never
been presented in quite the manner I am attempting (complete lute
sonatas instead of piece meal extractions, as you will find in numerous
guitar compendiums), my sole alternative was for me to
put my considerable effort and talents into this music to attempt to give you an
authentic experience. Thus, the use of open strings, cross string
trills, playing up into the higher positions on the fret-board, while
playing across other open strings; all of these and more come into play.
I have spent vast time marking these books and have recently revisited
my first versions to make them as complete and accurate as possible.
In December of 2005 thru January of 2006, I
went back over all of them "again", realizing that I had made some (if
not many) errors in judgment regarding the original MS representations,
and went about fully correcting and editing the original scores so that
the music you will see is as close to the baroque lute tablature as you
will find for the 6 string classical guitar. Changes and/or edits
are notated, so that you will know exactly what was done to accommodate
your instrument. I have added notes on ornamentation, as well as
the reading of lute tablature, and simple interpretations of the music
that can be used as your groundwork for learning the pieces within.
You have my word that you will be looking at the finest versions of this
lute music translated for the classical guitar, fingered and marked as
accurately as possible, attempting to emulate the sonority and open
feeling of the native instrument. The quality of these books, as
well as the printing, will give you music for your classical guitar
that, as I've always attempted to offer, has never been seen before, or
if it has, offers you a superior experience as always.
Regards,
Richard F. Sayage
President - Savage Classical Guitar
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We are also adding MP3 examples next to select pieces.
Most of them are midi conversions to MP3 format (from 60 seconds to the
whole piece)
but some are recordings of Richard.
Please note the addition of a second window below the first!
Note that in Mozilla, the jpegs may come up smaller. Click on the
window and they should come up to an 800 width.
Bear in mind that the displayed samples below are at a "much" lower
resolution than our printed manuscripts.
(*) = New addition to collection
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that there are additional shipping charges for Canadian and all
International deliveries.
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Weiss link on our Catalog Page so click and you go! :-)
The ability to Buy the Entire Collection comprised of all 12 books can
be found below the individual listings.
You can also buy the Dresden MS Collection or the London MS Collection
separately.
Thank you.
Silvius Leopold Weiss
Guitar Publications
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London MS
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Guitar Collections
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We now offer you the
ability to purchase the software that Richard uses to build all of his
transcriptions and books. Encore is an amazingly easy and
intuitive music notation software package which allows you to build
the utmost professional scores for any type of music. Even
better, it sells for over 40% less than Finale!
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PRIVACY NOTICE
No Small Print Here...
We take your security, privacy and comfort
level very seriously.
You have Richard's personal assurance that
NONE of your personal information: name, address, email, or any
other information will ever be shared, sold, bulk-listed or used in
any other conceivable way except to satisfactorily deliver your
order.
PERIOD
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We pride ourselves on excellent communication and immediate shipping
and original & superior music.
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We have made available a
small discussion
of some of the music and a little bit about our company.
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Richard is constantly working on further pieces and collections by
the masters of the lute and counterpoint.
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Please check back to see what our latest offering might be and the
new look of our web site.
Feel free
to drop Richard a direct line at
rsayage1 at savageclassical dot com He would love to hear from you.
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08/21/2008 |