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Name: Music Institute of Josef Proksch
Commentary:Music Institute of Josef Proksch, founded in Prague by Josef Proksch in 1830 as a private school for teaching both pianoforte and music theory to paying patrons. Also known as Proksch’s Piano Institute. Pupils includedmany major figures in Czech musical life in the later nineteenth century, including the pianist Karel Slavkovský, Jindřich Káan, Adolf Pozděna and František Kaván. Besides its didactic activities the Institute had an important rôle in Prague musical life through its regular concert productions and performance examinations open to the public. The Institute continued under the control of Proksch’s children after his death in 1864 and continued to be active into the twentieth century. It was located at no.603 in the Old Town Square [Staroměstské náměstí / Altstädter Ring]. According to Mercy’s Anzeiger 2/3/1857, the Institute gave no annual concert-soirées during the 1857 Lenten season.
Lumír (1857), p.1002 reported that the institute received official permission to open on 15/1/1831 and that the annual cost of teaching was 5 zl.
Music Institute of Proksch - Hudební ústav Josefa Prokša / Proksch’s Musikbildungsanstalt
Lumír (1857), p.1002 reported that the institute received official permission to open on 15/1/1831 and that the annual cost of teaching was 5 zl.
Music Institute of Proksch - Hudební ústav Josefa Prokša / Proksch’s Musikbildungsanstalt