Auguste Auspitz-Kolár (19 March 1844 – 26 December 1878Death records, Vienna, Unsere liebe Frau zu den Schotten, 1873-1889, scan 99
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n-born

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n pianist and composer. The daughter of

Josef Jiří Kolár Josef Jiří Kolár (9 December 1812 – 31 January 1896) was a Czech theatrical actor, director, translator, and writer. Early life He was born Josef Kolář (later also spelled Kollar or Kolar) in Prague as the last of three sons to a famil ...

, actor, director and translator, and Anna Manetinská Kolárová, a singer, she was born Auguste Kolár in

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and studied piano with

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and then Josef Proksch in Prague and with Wilhelmine Clauss-Szarvady in Paris. In 1865, she travelled to

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where she performed in concerts held by the

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. She also performed in concert with

Clara Schumann Clara Josephine Schumann (; ; née Wieck; 13 September 1819 – 20 May 1896) was a German pianist, composer, and piano teacher. Regarded as one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic music, Romantic era, she exerted her influence o ...

. Auspitz-Kolár performed in

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during the summers of 1868 and 1870. In 1868, she married physician

Heinrich Auspitz Carl Heinrich Auspitz (2 September 1835 in Nikolsburg, Moravia – 22 May 1886 in Vienna) was a Jewish Austrian dermatologist. He was the husband of pianist Auguste Auspitz-Kólar (1843–1878).Statement(s) based on translated text from an equiva ...

. She continued performing until her son Hans was born in 1875. Auspitz-Kolar died in Vienna.

External resources

Auguste Auspitz-Kolár papers, ca. 1858-1902
(her personal papers) in the Music & Recorded Sound Division of The

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