Josef Suk Memorial is a museum in

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, a village in the

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of the

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. It was the home of the composer and violinist Josef Suk (1874–1935), and is now a museum dedicated to him.

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The house was built for the composer in 1895 by his father Josef Suk senior, a head teacher and director of the church choir in the village. The

Bohemian Quartet The Bohemian Quartet ( cs, 'České kvarteto'; known as the Czech Quartet after 1918) was a Czech string quartet of international repute that was founded in 1891 and disbanded in 1933. Origins The Quartet was founded in Prague by three pupils o ...

, of which Suk was a founding member, rehearsed here, and he composed most of his works here."Josef Suk Memorial"
Czech Museum of Music. Retrieved 9 June 2021. After his death, his son Josef Suk (father of the violinist Josef Suk) made the house into a museum dedicated to the composer, and in 1951 he donated the house to the state. It became in 1956 a branch of the

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in Prague. The museum has some original furnishings. It displays items relating to the life and work of the composer, and about the Bohemian Quartet. There is also some of his collection of decorative glassware and ceramics.

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