Josef Neruda

Josef Neruda (16 January 1807, Mohelno – 18 February 1875, Brno) was a Moravian organist and music teacher.

[1] Josef was a great-grandson of the composer Johann Baptist Georg Neruda.

Josef Neruda learned the basics of organ playing in the Rajhrad monastery.

In his youth, he was a teacher assistant in Náměšť nad Oslavou, besides this he played in Haugwitz chapel and taught piano in Olomouc.

Josef Neruda had musically talented children.

Josef Neruda; portrait by Josef Mukařovský