L'Infidele, Suite in Am - 4. Menuet - Silvius Leopold Weiss (1687-1750) WeissSW 29.4, Sm 190, Klima 254,220 (Solo Sonata 23 in A minor) Dresden Manuscript - Suite 15 - D-D12841 D-D1/122 2.62 (WD15) London Manuscript - Suite 23 - GB-Lbl30387 280/140r (WL53) Warsaw Manuscript - Suite 3 - PL-Wu2005_3, folio 23 Warsaw Manuscript - Suite 6 - PL-Wu2003_36, folio 58r see Notes, Descriptions and Background of L'Infidele at the bottom of the page ******************************************************************************* video: https://youtu.be/vvptswAO6uY?t=10m1s - Augustus Woodrow-Tomizuka video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GjNpr7rFW0 - Daniel Shoskes (lute) audio: http://magnatune.com/artists/albums/berget-weiss11 - Paul Berget (lute) ******************************************************************************* version 1 - tab by Weed, based on the Dresden MS, MIDI 1 version 2 - tab by Weed, based on the London MS, MIDI 2 ******************************************************************************* L'Infidele (Dresden MS) - Suite in Am - 4. Menuet - Sylvius Leopold Weiss based on arrangements by Guy Grangereau, Rolf Dannehl, Thomas Konigs see Notes and Legend below the tab - tabbed by weed@wussu.com - 27 Feb 2018 MIDI: http://www.classtab.org/weiss_sl_sw029_4_l_infidele_wd15_menuet.mid tuning: E A D G B E key: A minor time: 3/4 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . E|---------5-------5-------|-4-------4-----------0---|-1-------0---------------| B|-5-----------------------|-0-----------6---6-------|-------------3---1---0---| G|*5---------------5-------|-------------------------|-------------------------| D|*------------------------|-------------------------|-0===============--------| A|-0===============0-------|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-------------------------|-0=======================|-----------------0=======| 4 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . 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The Guy Grangereau arrangement of the Dresden Manuscript repeats measure 21. === - length of note, note held, duration |--- ---| repeat the section |--- ---| |*-- --*| 1___ play first time |*-- --*| 2___ play on repeat |--- ---| |--- ---| **************************************************************************** L'Infidele (London MS) - Suite in Am - 4. Menuet - Sylvius Leopold Weiss based on arrangements by Guy Grangereau, Ruggero Chiesa, Petr Saidl see Notes and Legend below the tab - tabbed by weed@wussu.com - 25 Feb 2018 MIDI: http://www.classtab.org/weiss_sl_sw029_4_l_infidele_wl53_menuet.mid tuning: E A D G B E key: A minor time: 3/4 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . 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The Dresden MS does not have measure 22. === - length of note, note held, duration |--- ---| repeat the section |--- ---| |*-- --*| 1___ play first time |*-- --*| 2___ play on repeat |--- ---| |--- ---| **************************************************************************** Notes ----- There are many different ornaments in the various arrangements which are not shown in the tabs (hammer-ons, pull-offs, grace notes, trills, mordents etc). Some arrangements have the 6th string tuned down to D, which helps with the bass notes. Parts of the fingering are difficult because they reflect the original lute arrangement, so you may find it easier to move the bass notes up or down by an octave. In order to make the left hand fingering easier, open strings have sometimes been used on the top three strings rather than closed strings on the higher frets (which would improve the phrasing). Descriptions and Background of L'Infidele ----------------------------------------- "Aside from being one of his most popular suites, Weiss' L'Infidele is also a departure from tradition in some ways as it is influenced by Turkish music and culture. The title means 'the unfaithful'. In the 1680s, the Ottoman Empire lay siege on the city of Vienna. While the siege failed, it gave birth to a rage for all things Turkish, including music, art, and of course coffee. Weiss wrote this suite around 1719 while he was in Vienna, and he was no doubt influenced by this. The title refers to the reluctance of the Islamic Ottoman forces to embrace Christianity." - Jon Mendle "The colourful title of the work can be best explained by the occasional presence of surprising 'oriental' intervals, most notably at the beginning of the minuet. The parallel between musical treatments that were 'unfaithful' to conventional harmonic rules, and the usage of the same term to describe Muslims who were reluctant to embrace Christianity must be understood in the context of 1683 when the Turkish advance through Europe was arrested at the gates of Vienna. The leader of the successful Christian forces was Johann III, King of Poland whose successors were to rule Dresden during Weiss's lifetime, since Saxony and Poland were under the same crown. It is interesting to note also that Weiss was in the service of the Polish royal family during his stay in Rome... The minuet is also in=diosyncratically 'lutish' in its skilful use of campanellas, where the notes are distributed one per string. The resultant shimmering texture fully exploits the inherant richness of the late baroque lute." - Michel Cardin "The sonata... has two versions. One of them is kept at the Saxony State Library in Dresden, while the second manuscript is owned by the British Museum in London (both versions differ in some details). The second manuscript is named 'L'Infidele' - Unfaithful. [During his European trips] Weiss also visited Vienna (1719). At that time the popular style was so called 'gallant', one, among others influenced by the chatacteristic music of Turks who besieged the city at the end of the 17th century. [In] the sonata L'Infidele we can observe these inspitarational sources (bourdon background tones, oriental melodies, interval steps, percussion, etc). Also (the) name of the sonata is of the same origin. The Catholic Austria considered Turks misbelievers due to their Islamic religion - ie 'unfaithful'. Therefore the name of the sonata is 'Unfaithful'." - Petr Saidl **************************************************************************** more classical tabs at http://www.classtab.org