Marie Proksch
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Marie Proksch was a Czech pianist, music educator and composer.
(1794–1864) who taught music at Bedrich Smetana. Proksch was born in Prague
, where she studied music under her father. She went on a concert tour in 1856/57, which included a several month stay in Paris
, and became known as a concert pianist. After the death of her father in 1864, she took control with her brother Theodore Proksch of her father's Musikbildungsanstalt Institute (a music school founded in 1830) in Prague. After her brother died in 1876, she began composing pieces for piano.
Biography
Marie Proksch was the daughter of blind pianist Josef ProkschJosef Proksch
Josef Proksch was a Czech pianist and composer of German descent.Proksch, who became blind at the age of 17, was a pupil of Jan Antonín Koželuh. In 1830, Proksch opened the Musikbildungsanstalt in Prague...
(1794–1864) who taught music at Bedrich Smetana. Proksch was born in Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
, where she studied music under her father. She went on a concert tour in 1856/57, which included a several month stay in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, and became known as a concert pianist. After the death of her father in 1864, she took control with her brother Theodore Proksch of her father's Musikbildungsanstalt Institute (a music school founded in 1830) in Prague. After her brother died in 1876, she began composing pieces for piano.
Additional reading
- Biographical Yearbook and Deaths in German, ed. Anton Bettelheim, Volume 5, Reimer, Berlin 1903