Auguste Auspitz-Kolar
Auguste Auspitz-Kolár (19 March 1844[1] – 26 December 1878[2] was a Bohemian-born Austrian pianist and composer.
The daughter of Josef Jiří Kolár, actor, director and translator, and Anna Manetinská Kolárová, a singer, she was born Auguste Kolár in Prague and studied piano with Bedřich Smetana and then Josef Proksch in Prague and with Wilhelmine Clauss-Szarvady in Paris. In 1865, she travelled to Vienna where she performed in concerts held by the Hellmesberger Quartet. She also performed in concert with Clara Schumann. Auspitz-Kolár performed in London during the summers of 1868 and 1870.[3][4]
In 1868, she married physician Heinrich Auspitz.[3] She continued performing until her son Hans was born in 1875.[4]
Auspitz-Kolar died in Vienna.[4]
References[]
- ^ Birth record Prague, St. Jindřich, 1842-1845, scan 167
- ^ Death records, Vienna, Unsere liebe Frau zu den Schotten, 1873-1889, scan 99
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Auguste Kolar papers". New York Public Library.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Auspitz-Kolár, Auguste, Augusta, geb. Kolár, Kolaróva". Europäische Instrumentalistinnen des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts (in German). Sophie Drinker Institut.
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