Sousedská

Instrumentation: 5 Violins, Double bass, Violoncello, Cymbals, Triangle, Side drum, Bass drum

Josef Suk wrote Sousedska, his last composition (composed at the beginning of 1935), for amateur players from his birthplace - for the Krecovice ensemble. The composer wrote the following note on the title page: Exemplifying a composition where the composer needn't be skilled in anything, and nor do the players! The musical demand and requirements on player's technique allow even young pupils of music schools to play it.

Sousedska is being published separately in a score and in parts for the first time ever on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of composer's death. The editor of the new urtext edition, Zdenek Nouza, based his work consequently on the autograph of this piece and amended the edition by bowings (slurs are identical in author's notes) and by tempo marks.