Career
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. In 1832, he accepted an offer to become the minister organist in Brno.
He kept this position for 36 years.
Josef Neruda had ten very talented children. Wilma Neruda was a gifted violinist and a group of her supporters including the Prince of Wales, later King Eduard VII, donated a palazzo in Asolo, near Venice.
