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No order booked. Add to Wish List. Product Details Persons Reviews. Content I. Allemande III. Sarabande IV. Capriccio V. As an aristocrat, Count Losy's musical activities would have been expected to remain on an amateur basis.

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Nevertheless, he seems to have gained the admiration of a number of professional musicians for his lute-playing and compositions. In he took part in a musical contest with Leipzig cantor Johann Kuhnau. In spite of Losy's outstanding reputation as a player and improviser on the lute, only one of his works was published in his own lifetime.

After Losy's death in Prague inthe great German lutenist Sylvius Leopold Weiss paid tribute to his colleague by dedicating to his memory the work Tombeau sur la mort de Monseigneur Comte de Logi. Choses in soi, op. Allegro moderato. Other compositions Compositions Compositions.

Johann anton logy biography books: Jan Antonín Losy, Count

He also acquired the estate and castle at Steken Strakonitz Districtsouthern Bohemia in Johann Anton Losy was born at Steken around 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 and graduating as a Doctor of Philosophy on 15 August He then seems to have travelled to a number of European countries including Italy. His intimate knowledge of French lute style indicates he may have been in Paris and met lutenists such as Mouton and Dufault.

Following the death of his father on 22 July he inherited his title, becoming the second Count Losy. He also inherited part of the family estates and an Imperial appointment as a Councillor of the Kingdom of Bohemia. His official position meant that, while living in Prague, he frequently had to travel to the Imperial court in Vienna.

In the following year, his twin brother died. As an aristocrat, Count Losy's musical activities would have been expected to remain on an amateur basis. Nevertheless, he seems to have gained the admiration of a number of professional musicians for his lute-playing and compositions. In he took part in a musical contest with Leipzig cantor Johann Kuhnau.