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Jan Antonín Losy
12+ albums
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Jan Antonín Losy, Count of Losinthal (German: Johann Anton Losy von Losinthal); also known as Comte d'Logy (Losi or Lozi), (c. 1650 – August 22, 1721) was a Bohemian aristocrat, Baroque lute player and composer from Prague. His lute works combine the French style brisé with a more Italian cantabile style. He was probably the most significant lutenist-composer in Bohemia at a the height of the lute's popularity there. Count Losy's family were of Swiss origin (Poschiavo in the canton of Graubünden). His father, Johann Anton Losy senior (c. 1600–1682), was perhaps born in Purz in the Swiss canton of Grisons. By 1627 he had moved to Bohemia and purchased a house in Prague. Losy senior had a number of business interests and was appointed a Councillor of the Exchequer and Deputy of the Salt, Beer and Wine Council by the Bohemian Court Chamber. As a result of helping to defend Prague against the assault of Swedish troops in 1648, Losy senior was ennobled, becoming a baronet in 1648 and Count von Losinthal in 1655. He also acquired the estate and castle at Steken (Strakonitz District, southern Bohemia) in 1638. Johann Anton Losy was born at Steken around 1650. He had a younger twin brother (Johann Baptist) and also had four sisters. Losy's interest in music was fostered by his lute teacher and valet Achazius Kazimir Huelse who seems to have remained a lifelong friend. Losy attended the Charles-Ferdinand University in Prague, gaining his baccalaureate in 1667 and graduating as a Do
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Lute Suite in A Minor: II. Allemande
3432II. Allemande
973Caprice
884Lute Suite in A Minor: I. Prelude
855Partita in A minor: I. Aria
716Lute Suite in A Minor: VI. Caprice
647Lute Suite in G Major: I. Allemande
628Lute Suite in A Minor: IV. Aria
619Lute Suite in F Major: I. Ouverture
6010Lute Suite in F Major: II. Allemande
59albums
Note d’oro
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Concertino
Losy, Weiss, Mertz: Guitar Music of the 18th and 19th Centuries
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Held, Joachim: Baroque Lute Music From the Lands of the Habsburgs
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Andrés Segovia, A Baroque Guitar Weekend
Losy, Weiss: Lute Music in Prague & Vienna Circa 1700. Music from Eighteenth-Century Prague
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Suite in F major
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Conradi: Neue Lauten Stucke
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Concertino II.
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Losy: Concertus in A Major / VI. Menuet – VII. Passepied – VIII. Menuet
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The Golden Age of the French Lute
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Music Antique