Josef Proksch
Josef Proksch or Joseph Proksch (4 August 1794, Reichenberg (now Liberec) – 20 December 1864, Prague) was a Bohemian-German pianist and composer. His daughter, Marie Proksch, was also a well-known pianist and composer.
Biography
Proksch, who became blind at the age of 13,[1] was a pupil of Jan Antonín Koželuh.[2] In 1830, Proksch opened the Musikbildungsanstalt (Music Academy) in Prague.[2] 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 Proksch taught piano and music theory from 1843 to 1847.[2]
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)
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- 1794 births
- 1864 deaths
- 19th-century classical composers
- 19th-century classical pianists
- Composers from the Austrian Empire
- Blind classical musicians
- Male classical composers
- Austrian classical pianists
- Male classical pianists
- Austrian music educators
- Musicians from Liberec
- Romantic composers
- German Bohemian people