Anna Marie Rudolfina Neruda (also known as Maria Arlberg or Madame Arlberg-Neruda; 26 March 1840 – 7 November 1920) was a Czech-Swedish violinist.

Biography

Born in

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, then part of the

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, Neruda came from a musical family. Her grandfather was the noted Bohemian 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 ...

(1708–1780), and her father,

Josef Neruda Josef Neruda (16 January 1807, Mohelno – 18 February 1875, Brno) was a Moravian organist and music teacher. Josef was a great-grandson of the composer Johann Baptist Georg Neruda. Life Josef Neruda learned the basics of organ playing in the Raj ...

(1807–1875), was the organist of the cathedral of Brno. One of five children of Josef Neruda, she was the sister of the violinist

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 ...

and the cellist

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 ...

. In 1868 in Stockholm she married the opera singer Fritz Arlberg and with him had a son, the singer and actor Hjalmar Arlberg (1869–1941). She ended her career at her marriage and after made only a few appearances. Maria Neruda died in

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...

in 1920.

Career

She studied with her father and in 1859 joined a family group known as the Neruda Quartet, composed of various Neruda children including older sister Wilma. She performed with her siblings in, among other venues, London (1849), St. Petersburg and Stockholm (1861).Yvonne Amthor
“Wunderkinder” – Musical Prodigies in European Concert Life between 1791 and 1860 – Submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy: The University of Leeds School of Music
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References

Sources

* ttps://runeberg.org/nfcq/0410.html Neruda, 1. Vilhelmina in the Nordic Family Book (second edition supplement, 1925)br>Anna Maria Rudolfina Neruda-Arlberg in Adolf Lindgren and Nils Personne, Swedish Portrait Gallery (1897), volume XXI. Tone artists and scenic artists
1840 births 1920 deaths Musicians from Brno Musicians from the Austrian Empire Immigrants to Sweden Czech classical violinists Women classical violinists Czech women violinists Swedish classical violinists Swedish women violinists 19th-century classical violinists 19th-century Czech musicians 19th-century Czech women musicians {{Violinist-stub