Biblioteca de la Guitarra y Cuerda Pulsada

 The above words were written on the occasion of Count Johann Anton Losy von Losinthal’s death in Prague 1721.On the same occasion the famous lutenist Silvius Leopold Weiss, who was born in Grodków (Germ. Grottkau) in Silesia, wrote the Tombeau sur la Mort Mer Comte d Logÿ arrivee 1721. Composée par Silvio Leopold Weiss in his honor.On the basis of Baron’s quotation and also from his description of Count Losy we are able to tell a lot of information about the life and works of the Bohemian lutenist. The subject of the Losy family genealogy and the complexity of his life have been already studied mainly by Adolph Koczirz and...