Summary
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 edit
Born in Brno, Moravia, then part of the Austrian Empire, Neruda came from a musical family. Her grandfather was the noted Bohemian composer Johann Baptist Georg Neruda (1708–1780), and her father, Josef Neruda (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 and the cellist Franz Xaver Neruda.
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 in 1920.
Career edit
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.[1] She performed with her siblings in, among other venues, London (1849), St. Petersburg and Stockholm (1861).[2]
References edit
- ^ Mirka Zemanová, Janacek: A Composer's Life, Northeastern University Press, Boston (2002) – Google Books p. 29
- ^ 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
Sources edit
- Neruda, 1. Vilhelmina (Wilma) Marie Františka in the Nordic Family Book (second edition, 1913)
- Neruda, 1. Vilhelmina in the Nordic Family Book (second edition supplement, 1925)
- Anna Maria Rudolfina Neruda-Arlberg in Adolf Lindgren and Nils Personne, Swedish Portrait Gallery (1897), volume XXI. Tone artists and scenic artists