Biography
Jan Antonín Losy
Real name: Jan Antonín Losy hrabě z Losinthalu, or Johann Anton Graf Losy von Losinthal
Effective period / Period of releases: 1966 - 1986
Czech composer and lute player of Swiss origin.Born around 1650 in Štěkeň near Strakonice, Bohemia, died 22 August 1721 in Prague.
Count of Losinthal (German: Johann Anton Losy von Losinthal); also known as Comte d'Logy (Losi or Lozi), 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 the height of the lute's popularity there.