Lossy (Lotsy), Jan Willemszoon c1545[c1552]-1629 Netherlands, Alkmaar / Dordrecht - Haarlem
singer, carillonneur, baspommer (shawn player), 7.aug.1568-2.sep.1578 hoechconter (high singer) and 1578 also baspommer at the Grote of St Bavo church in Haarlem, c1573-c1576 music teacher of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, 1574-1576 he was also torenwachter om 's nachts om het kwartier teyken te geven met de trompet (tower watchman to give the trumpet sign every fifteen minutes at night), 1592-1629 leader of the Haarlemse stadsspeellieden (city musicians) "Omme viermaels des weex, als sondaechts, maendaechs, swoondaechs ende vrijdaechs op de trappen vanden stadhuyse als naer ouder gewoonte op den middag te spelen", 1617-1618 as a wealthy businessman he was pachter van het bieraccijns (tenant of the beer excise) ; he secondly married the daughter of a wealthy brewers family Margaretha 'Grietgen' van Teijlingen (born 19.oct.1556-) ; father of organist/composer Willem Janszoon Lossy