Marie Proksch

Marie Proksch (1836 – 17 May 1900) was a Czech pianist, music educator and composer.

Biography

Marie Proksch was the daughter of blind pianist Josef Proksch (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.^[1] After her brother died in 1876, she began composing pieces for piano.^[2]

References

1. ^ "Women in Czech Music". http://www.kapralova.org/WOMEN.htm. Retrieved 21 September 2010. 
2. ^ Wagner, Undine (2005). Proksch, Marie: The music past and present, volume 13. Bärenreiter, Kassel. p. 988. ISBN 3-7618-1133-0. 

Additional reading

• Biographical Yearbook and Deaths in German, ed. Anton Bettelheim, Volume 5, Reimer, Berlin 1903

Persondata
Name	Proksch, Marie
Alternative names
Short description	Composer
Date of birth	1836
Place of birth	Prague, Czech Republic
Date of death	17 May 1900
Place of death