Josef Suk (1874-1935), along with Vítězslav Novák, is one of the most famous modern Czech composers. While Novák was more taken with impressionism, Suk bridged the gap between late romantic and classical modernism as one of the greatest lyric poets in Czech music. Browse our sheet music and scores, and explore all his wonderful music today.
From 1885 to 1892, Josef Suk studied violin at the Prague Conservatoire, and later in a masterclass for composition with Antonín Dvořák. For Suk, Dvořák was more than just a teacher, he was also his lifelong friend and mentor. In 1898 Suk married Dvořák’s daughter Otylka. Unfortunately, the family’s happiness did not last long, Dvořák died in 1904 and, tragically, his beloved Otylka one year later in 1905. These sad events had a fundamental influence on the second half of Suk’s work. The composer expressed his grief and loss in his symphony of mourning Asrael.
With three fellow students from the conservatoire, Josef Suk founded the chamber ensemble “The Czech Quartet”, which went down in music history as one of the most successful of its time. As second violinist, he performed in over 4,000 concerts all over the world. The quartet became world-class, and contributed a great deal to the standard of chamber music performance for generations to come.
From 1922, Suk was professor of the masterclass for composition at the Prague Conservatoire and later became director. His students included many important Czech composers, such as Jaroslav Ježek, Pavel Bořkovec and Bohuslav Martinů.
Although Suk’s work is not very extensive, with only 37 opuses, it is very unique. It combines the personal qualities of Josef Suk, human warmth, sensitivity and care, with Dvořák’s neo-romantic musical tradition, and his own melodic lyrics. His symphonic, piano, choral and chamber music works are held in particularly high esteem.
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1015746
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 638565
Symphonie c-Moll op. 27
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1015612
March
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1108963
Book
Item no.: 176461
Concert March
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1015692
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, piano (piano quintet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1015680
Vergessene Kammermusik – wieder entdeckt
for: String orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 695332
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1344522
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1007680
Vergessene Kammermusik – wieder entdeckt
for: String orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1566756
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for: String orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 555756
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score
Item no.: 347691
Kalmus Edition
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 490102
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: String orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 746202
Tondichtung
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Study Score 601
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 555908
for: 2 violins
Ensemble score
Item no.: 146518
Concert March
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1015763
Festival March for the Olympic Games 1932
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for: Orchestra; mixed choir ad lib.
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Item no.: 1345031
for: String orchestra, triangle
Score, Parts
Item no.: 142990
Allowed reprint
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1108961
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The Phillip Brookes Collection
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1015722
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: String orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 746203
for: Piano
Ensemble score
Item no.: 874811
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 609556
Simrock Original Edition
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 357230
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1615872
Simrock Original Edition
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 155158
aus der szenischen Musik zu Märchen Raduz und Mahulena
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 473174
Carrying a bouquet
for: Flute [violin], violin, piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 880594
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1344235
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: String orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 663345
for: Piano
Ensemble score
Item no.: 877975
Symphonic Poem
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Study score
Item no.: 1018183
Simrock Original Edition
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 213827
Simrock Original Edition
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 357564
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1015687
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 159853
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 638559
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 635250
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 298828
on the Old Czech Choral “St. Wenceslas”
for: String orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 558886
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for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 554960
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 368341
Simrock Original Edition
for: Flute [violin], violin, piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 166862
Summer Tale
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1344899
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for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1344484
aus der Suite op. 21
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1015667
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