An intresting and little known fact is that the area of Piuro has no seismic activity, and that landslide was entirely manmade, caused by excessive tunneling for mining purposes. So I wander whether Losys migrated north not only to improve their fortunes, but also to escape the wrath of the survivors.................... RT ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Barto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "BAROQUE-LUTE-LIST" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 12:07 PM Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Johann Anton Losy von Losinthal - Seminar and concert October 2007
> > Thought this might be of interest. > > For questions please contact Paul Beier at: beier(at)libero.it > > Johann Anton Losy von Losinthal (c.1645-1721) > "A musician between Piuro and Prague" > 13 October 2007 > Prosto di Piuro (Sondrio), Italy > > Seminar and Concert > > Johann Anton Losy von Losinthal (c.1645-1721) was one of the leading > lutenists in Bohemia, honored by Sylvius Leopold Weiss with his famous > Tombeau. The Italian origin of Losy's family from Piuro, a tiny town > buried > by a landslide in 1618, has been recently discovered. A seminar on Losy's > music and times, and a concert of music by Losy, Weiss, Lobkowitz and > Reusner will be held in the beautiful alpine village of Prosto, near the > original site of Piuro. > > Seminar > Ospitale Secentesco, 3-6 p.m. > > Claude Chauvel (Bordeaux). Musicologist, one of the most important > specialists of Renaissance and Baroque music for the lute, author of > mumerous important studies and regular contributor to international > seminars > and musicological conventions. > > Martin Madl (Institute of Art History - Academy of Sciences of the Czech > Republic, Prague). Historian, author of the groundbreaking research that > led > to the discovery of the ancestry in the Italian town of Piuro of the > family > of Johann Anton Losy. > > Miloslav Student (Prague). Lutenist and musicologist, graduated in Milano > with Paul Beier, collaborator on the project " Thesaurus Testudinis > Bohemiae" for the research, study and publication of lute music in > Bohemian > sources. > > Guido Scaramellini (Chiavenna, Società Storica Valchiavennasca). > Historian, > author of many studies on the history of Valchiavenna and in particualr of > a > book on the devistating landslide that destroyed the town of Piuro in > 1618, > which led to the migration of the Losy family to Prague. > > Mariagrazia Carlone (Milan, State Archive). Musicologist, author of > several > studies on musical iconography, organology and biography, has contributed > to > numerous publications and participated in seminars throughout Europe and > the > United States. > > Concert > Johann Anton Losy and his times > Chiesa Parrocchiale dell'Assunta, 9 p.m. > > Paul Beier and Earl Christy > Baroque lutes > > Music by Silvius Leopold Weiss (1687-1750), Johann Anton Losy, Phillip > Hyacinth Lobkowitz (1680-1734) and Esias Reusner (1636-1679) > > Paul Beier has performed in Europe, Australia, North and South America > with > a solo repertoire that spans from the early 16 th Century to the music of > Bach e Weiss. He has recorded eleven solo CD's and four CD's as director > of > Galatea, as well as numerous recordings in collaboration with other > groups. > Teaches lute at the Accademia Internazionale della Musica in Milan. > > Earl Christy is a young lutenist who specializes in the late Baroque > period. > In addition he is active in research of musical sources in important > European archives. > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
