Auguste Auspitz-Kolar Explained

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]

In 1868, she married physician Heinrich Auspitz.[3] She continued performing until her son Hans was born in 1875.

Auspitz-Kolar died in Vienna.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. http://katalog.ahmp.cz/pragapublica/permalink?xid=0F79B76F261C4D009B00655B68D516AD&scan=167#scan167 Birth record Prague, St. Jindřich, 1842-1845, scan 167
  2. http://data.matricula-online.eu/en/oesterreich/wien/01-unsere-liebe-frau-zu-den-schotten/03-21/?pg=100 Death records, Vienna, Unsere liebe Frau zu den Schotten, 1873-1889, scan 99
  3. Web site: Auguste Kolar papers . New York Public Library.
  4. Web site: Auspitz-Kolár, Auguste, Augusta, geb. Kolár, Kolaróva . Europäische Instrumentalistinnen des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts . Sophie Drinker Institut . de.