Auguste Auspitz-Kolar

Auguste Auspitz-Kolár (19 March 1844[1] – 26 December 1878[2] was a Bohemian-born Austrian pianist and composer.

The daughter of Josef Jiří Kolár, actor, director and translator, and Anna Manetinská Kolárová, a singer, she was born Auguste Kolár in Prague and studied piano with Bedřich Smetana and then Josef Proksch in Prague and with Wilhelmine Clauss-Szarvady in Paris.

In 1865, she travelled to Vienna where she performed in concerts held by the Hellmesberger Quartet.

[3][4] In 1868, she married physician Heinrich Auspitz.

[3] She continued performing until her son Hans was born in 1875.