Sylvius Leopold Weiss

(1687 - 1750)

Suite No.1
Originally for baroque lute in F major

Arranged for Guitar

by

Andrew Forrest

This suite is taken from the Dresden manuscript of Weiss' works.

Competent lutenists of the time would be expected to create their
own preludes, setting the key for the following suites (or Suonaten
as Weiss called them). This prelude had no time signature nor bar
lines suggesting a free performance. The bar lines added here
give some indication of an underlying pulse and rhythmic structure.

The baroque lute for which Weiss wrote had 13 courses including a complete
diatonic scale in the bass. I have endeavoured to keep the performance
of this piece simple, though having to stop the strings for the bass part
inevitably makes the piece less easy to perform and it has not been
possible to include all the lower range of notes at their original pitch.
Also, since the interval between the top 2 courses was only a third,
unisons and 2nds were easy to obtain. I have here used appogiaturas
and ornamentation to attempt to convey the effect.

In the event of a public performance, please include

the arranger's name on the programme

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 Suite No.1
Sylvius Leopold Weiss
(1687 - 1750) Transcribed from the lute tablature
by Andrew Forrest

Prelude
4
CVII VII
4


I 1

2
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0
3 3
4
0
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1 4 3
1 2
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1 4 3

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3 1 3 2 3
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& # 4

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4
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4 1
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3
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###
3
1 3 4
2 1 4 1
3 2
3
4 2 3 1
4 2

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1 3 3
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4 4
4 4 4 3

### n 1 3 2 3 3 2 1
1

&
1
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w
0

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4 2 4
1
2 4

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1 1 4 1

3 3 4
2
4
1

&
1
0
1 3

VII CII V CII

4 1 1 4
~~~~ j4

###
3 4 2 3
1 3 4 2 1 w
& 3
w
3
2 1 2 1
w w
Copyright Andrew Forrest 2014
http://www.forrestguitarensembles.co.uk
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Allemande
3131 CII
m 2 4
IV
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4 4 3
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2
0
3
2

4
1
3
4

& 0
1
1 1

1 3

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2 2
4 3 1

& 2

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3
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4 3

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4 4 4 4
8 3
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1 3 1 3 4
2 3 2 1 2 3 2
1
1
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12
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2
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3
4

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& 2 J J # 1

3
1 1 1 3
2 2

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16 j j 4 4 4

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4 3 1 2 4
4 4 2 3 3 0
2

& 2 3 3
4 1 1
3

CVII CVII
20 j j j 4
4 3
4 3

4 1

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3
0 2
4
3
4
2

& 2
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m 4
24
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2 2 4 4
4 1 3 4
1
1 0 4
& 3
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1
3
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3

2
4
3 2
w 2 1 3
2 1

VII CVII

28
4 4
4
3 4
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4 2 3 2
2
3 1 3
4
2
3

& w 1

3 0 1

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Courante
j IV
j j j 1 4
2
4 4 1
### 3 j
2 4 1 3 4
0
3

& 4
3
2
2 1 0
3

CVII IX
5 j j 4 2 4 4
###
3

4 2
4
3
1

& #
1 1 2
1 3
1

CVII IV CII CIV

4
11 2 4
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1 1 4
3
4

& 2

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22 j j j j 1
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4

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4 1
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4
1
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& 3 4

1
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4
CII CIV
28 4

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1 4 4
1 2 1 1 4 3
4 3
2
& n
4
2

CVI CIV CII V VII CV

2 2 4 4
33
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4 4 2 4 4 1
3 1 3 1 3 0 2

& 3
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2

1
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4 1 4
39 2 4 1 3 1 3
4 3 3
#
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&
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CIV 313131
44
j 3 j ~~~~~ j j
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4 2
4 1 3
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1 1
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CII V CVII CVII CV CVII
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4
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26 4 2
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3
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Sarabande 141
m m IV
### 3 1
4 4
3
3 1 3 4
4
4 4 j 3 2
2
1 3 1 2
& 4 2
3 2 1
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4343

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4

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141 CVIII CVII

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12 4
4 2

###
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3
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&
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17 4
3 4 4 1 4
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4
# 3

n n
4 3 0
3
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# #
3 2
0
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1
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0 1
1

VII CVII
22
### 3
1
1
0
1 1 4
3
4 4

1
& 2
1

2 2
2

Menuet I
4 3
CVII IV
1 3
2 3

### 3
2 2 3
0 4 2 4 2 4
4

& 4
4
1 1 1 1
1
3

CIX CVII CV
j 4

j j j j
1 2 4
~~~~~ 4 2 4
8 1 3
1
3
4 4
### 0 3 3

&

3 2 1 1 1

VII
F IV 3
14 2 4

### j j
2 4 4
2 3 2 1 2 0 2
4 3
3

&
1
4 3
2 1

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CVII VII
4 3 2
21 n n n n n
### 4
3

&
2
1

n 212 CVII
m IV
29 2
M j j 4

### j
#
j

3 4
3

&
3

CVII
4
35
# j j j j n j n
3
4
4 4 4
0
3 2
3
4
#
& #
3 1 1

IV
40 j n j n j n j 4 3
### j 3

& 4

Menuet II
424242 VI 424242
CVII
~~~~~ IV ~~~~~ 3

### 3
2 2
4
3
& 4
1

IV II II
6 4 ~~ 4 4

n n
2
### # #
2 4 4 2
4
& 4
#
3
3 3

Menuet I da Capo
II CIV CVII
12
### # j
2 4
4

3

& 3
4
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Gigue
X
3

### 6 J J J J
4
1
4 3 4 1
0 3
2
1
4

2
& 8 J J J J 2

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V III a i VI
5 4 3

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1 0 1 0
3 2

& J J J J J J 3
3

J 2 2
2 2 3 1
3
p p p

II IV VI
10
### j j #

2
4
3
0 4
3
4 0 4
3 1
4 0
0
1
4 3

&


1

3 4
1
2 2
2

G IV CII
16 4 1
### # # # #
4 3
0
2
1 3
0
4
3
& #

2

IV CVII
21
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0
2

4 # # 3
2
4
3
1 0 2 4
3
2 0
3

& # # # 3 0

IV
3
26 2 4
###
4 2 2 4 3 3
4 2
1 n n # #
0
3
4
1
4

& # n
1 1 1 4
3
1 1

CVII CIV II
31 4 2
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3 2
4
2 0 4 4
j j
& j
# J
J 1 1 J J
H I II CIV

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4 1
0
& # J J J 2 2

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J J 1 3 2

VII CIX CVII CVI

42
###
1 4
2 1 2

#
3 4 3

& #
4 J J 3

4
0
2
Suite No.1 - S.L.Weiss
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CVI IV CIV
48 2 4
### # #
2 1
1 4 3
n n 4 2 1 2
3
4
4 2
3
4

& # #

4
3 1 4
3
1 0

434 323
M j M j
54 2
### n 1
n
4 4
1
& n #

3

I
60
### j j 0 j 4
4 3
1

&

3
3
2 4

CIV CVII VI
4 1
66 4 3 4 3
###
3 4 4
3 2 2 2 0
0 1
&

0 3
1
2 1 3
0 2

212
CIX M
j 3
j
1 j 4 1 4
4
4
72

2 j 3 4
j 4
0 1 3 3 1 3 4 3 3 3 1
### 4
0 3 0

& 2
3 3 2 2 1 0
2

I J CII CIV
78
### # # # # j 2 4 1
2 4
3
2 4

& n # 1

J 1 4 3 3
2 3

II II
3 4
84 4 1
### n
4 4 4 4 3 2
4 2 3 2 0 0
1
& n
1
2 3
1
1

90 Fine
### j 2
j j
3 4 0 2
0 j

3 1
& J J J
3
J
2
1 1
3 0