Silvius Leopold Weiss

The Moscow Manuscript

This manuscript can be donwloaded (pdf file) in Alain Veylit's page (1,45 Mo)

In 1941, this manuscript was transferred from the State Music Academy PI Tchaïkovsky in Moscow to the Music Library in the Central State Museum for Musical Culture MI Glinla in Moscow (today the Glinka Museum).

This manuscript was only revealed to the Western world in 1963. It is known now, thanks to the analysis of the paper, that it was not written by Weiss and not in Dresden, but in Russia approximately ten years after his death.

A number of pieces are of dubious origin and still subject to open debate. In his work "The Moscow ‘Weiss’ Manuscript", (Orphée 494-02144, 1995) Tim Crawford sheds an interesting light on the subject. He also warns the reader that some pieces he subjectively attributes to Weiss.

The Moscow Manuscrip can range third in importance after those of London and Dresden. All the more so as it contains a number of pieces of great quality and some which are truly unique.

NB : Details appearing only in this manuscript are underlined

Prelludi in d-minor Prelludium in d-minor		Smith 241	1r
Andantino in d-minor		Smith 238	1r
Polonose in d-minor		Smith 428	1v
Corente in d-minor		Smith 429	2r
Allegro in d-minor		Smith 430	2v
Menuet and Trio in F-Major		Smith 431	3v
Paysane and Trio in F-Major		Smith 433	3v
Menuet in D-Major		Smith 434	4r
Bourée in d-minor		Smith 435	4v
Allegro in a-minor		Smith 436	4v
Polonose		Smith 437	5r
Polonose		Smith 438	5r
Partitta, signor Weiss (g-minor)	Andante	Smith 439	5v
	Courente	Smith 440	5v
	Gigue	Smith 441	6r
	Paisane	Smith 442	6v
	Polonose	Smith 443	6v
Prelludium in D-Major		Smith 11	7r
Courente in D-Major		Smith 444	7v
Partitta, signor Weiss (G-Major)	Andante	Smith 445	8v
	Courente	Smith 446	8v
	Bourrée	Smith 447	9r
	Sarabande	Smith 448	9r
	Menuet	Smith 449	9r
	Presto	Smith 450	9v
Allegro in d-minor		Smith 427	9v
Prellud in d-minor		Smith 451	10r
Courante in d-minor		Smith 249	10v
Allegro in F-Major		Smith 186	11v
Galanterie piesse in f-minor		Smith 452	12r
Allegro in G-Major		Smith 141	12v
Duetto primo in G-Major Duetto secundo in G-Major		Smith 453	13v 14v
Presto in B flat Major		Smith 454	14v
(suite) in F-Major	Andantino	Smith 455	15v
	Courente	Smith 456	15v
	Bourée	Smith 457	16r
	Polonose	Smith 458	16r
	Gigue	Smith 459	16v
Vivace in d-minor		Smith 460	17v
Courente in d-minor		Smith 461	18v
Prelludium in g-minor		Smith 462	19v
Courente/u> in g-minor		Smith 463	19v
Bourée in d-minor		Smith 464	20v
Andante in F-Major		Smith 465	21r
Presto in d-minor		Smith 466	21v
Menuett in d-minor		Smith 467	22v
Alternati in D-Major		Smith 468	23r
Sarabande in a-minor		Smith 265	23v