Josef Neruda (16 January 1807, Mohelno – 18 February 1875,

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) was a

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n organist and music teacher. Josef was a great-grandson of the composer

Johann Baptist Georg Neruda Johann Baptist Georg Neruda (, – ) was a Czech classical composer, violinist and cellist. Life Neruda's dates of birth and death are only approximations (1708 according to the '' Grove Dictionary'', other sources list 1707 or 1710). He was bor ...

Life

Josef Neruda learned the basics of organ playing in the Rajhrad monastery. In his youth, he was a teacher assistant in

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, besides this he played in Haugwitz chapel and taught piano in

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. In 1832, he accepted an offer to become the minister organist in Brno. He kept this position for 36 years.

Family

Josef Neruda had musically talented children. He toured all over the Europe with some of them under the name Neruda Quartet. * Amálie Neruda (married Wickenhauser, 1834–1890), a pianist and a teacher, one of her students was

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* Viktor Neruda (1836–1852), a cellist, died during the Russian concert tour in Saint Petersburg *

Wilma Neruda Wilhelmine Maria Franziska Neruda, also known as Wilma Norman-Neruda and Wilma, Lady Hallé, was a Czech virtuoso violinist, chamber musician, and teacher. Life and career Born in Brno (Brünn), Moravia, then part of the Austrian Empire, Ne ...

, Lady Hallé (1838–1911), a virtuoso violinist, married conductor

Charles Hallé Sir Charles Hallé (born Karl Halle; 11 April 181925 October 1895) was a Prussian and British pianist and conductor. In 1858, he founded the Hallé Orchestra. Life Charles Frederick Hallé was born Carl Friederich Halle on 10 April 1819 in H ...

* Maria Neruda (1840–1920), a violinist, married the singer and composer Fritz Arlberg *

Franz Xaver Neruda Franz Xaver Neruda (or František) (3 December 1843 – 19 March 1915) was a Czechs, Czech-Denmark, Danish cellist and composer of Moravian origin. Life Franz Xaver Neruda was born in Brno into a musical family. He was the fifth child of the ...

(1843–1915), a cellist who later became professor at the conservatories in

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and

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* Olga Neruda (1858–1945), a pianist.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Neruda, Josef 1807 births 1875 deaths People from Třebíč District Musicians from the Margraviate of Moravia Czech classical organists Male classical organists 19th-century organists 19th-century Czech musicians 19th-century Czech male musicians Musicians from Brno 19th-century classical musicians