Steve Cowan Plays Weiss

ByBradford Werner
2019

Canadian guitarist Steve Cowan plays Prelude & Allemande from Sonata V in G Major by Silvius Leopold Weiss (1687 – 1750). This comes via Cowan’s great YouTube channel. Beautiful performance by Cowan with special attention to phrasing and a gentle delivery. I love Weiss and the galant style of the late Baroque. It has all my favourite qualities of the Baroque but with more flowing and easy to follow primary lines and almost classical style elegance. Video and sound by Drew Henderson.

See Weiss Sheet Music and Lessons

Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1687–1750) – Germany, Baroque
Weiss: Mademoiselle Tiroloise (SW28) – Grade 7, Sheet Music, or Tab
Weiss: Tombeau (Comte d’Logy), Gr.9, Sheet Music, or TAB
Sonata IX in C Major (Dresden) – Prelude, Allemande, Courante, Bouree, Sarabande, Menuets, Presto.

Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner is a classical guitarist and music publisher from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He originally created this site for his students at the Victoria Conservatory of Music but now shares content worldwide. Curating guitar content helps students absorb the culture, musical ideas, and technique of the classical guitar. Bradford also has a YouTube channel with over 94,000 subscribers and 13 million views. He taught classical guitar at the Victoria Conservatory of Music for 16 years and freelanced in Greater Victoria for 20 years and now dedicates much of his time curating content online and helping connect the classical guitar community. See more at his personal website.