Josef Proksch

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Josef Proksch or Joseph Proksch (4 August 1794, Liberec – 20 December 1864, Prague) was a Czech pianist and composer of German descent. His daughter, Marie Proksch, was also a well-known pianist and composer.

Biography

Proksch, who became blind at the age of 17, was a pupil of Jan Antonín Koželuh.[1] In 1830, Proksch opened the Musikbildungsanstalt (Music Academy) in Prague.[1] His teaching method of having several students play simultaneously during piano lessons was continued for over a hundred years. His most famous student was Bedřich Smetana, whom Prosch taught piano and music theory from 1843 to 1847.[1]

Selected works

Besides pedagogical works for piano, Proksch wrote a concerto for three pianos, piano sonatas, masses, and cantatas, and adapted numerous orchestral works to four to eight pianos for use in his lessons.

  • Versuch einer rationellen Lehrmethode im Pianoforte-Spiel – 50 volumes, pedagogical work (1841–1864)
  • Die Kunst des Ensembles im Pianoforte-Spiel – 7 volumes, pedagogical work (1859)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Černušák, Gracián (ed.); Štědroň, Bohumír; Nováček, Zdenko (ed.) (1963). Československý hudební slovník II. M-Ž. Prague: Státní hudební vydavatelství. pp. 376–377.  (Czech)
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