Josef Suk (4 January 1874 – 29 May 1935) was a Czech composer and violinist. He studied under Antonín Dvořák, whose daughter he married.

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String Quartet No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 11 (1896)

1. Allegro moderato (0:00)
2. Intermezzo: Tempo di marcia (8:37)
3. Adagio ma non troppo (12:40)
4. Finale: Allegro giocoso (21:28)

Suk Quartet

Description by Margaret Godfrey [-]
Suk's first String Quartet was written during his early teens; he later developed the second and most accomplished movement into the Barcarolle for string quartet, published separately later in his life. In 1896, he had been playing with the Czech Quartet for four years and had developed enormously as a composer, so his Op. 11 string quartet was a work of far greater depth and maturity. The work is made up of four contrasting movements, with an almost military Intermezzo and a sweepingly lyrical Adagio placed between the energetic first and last movements. Thus the later works of the mature Suk are foreshadowed in this serene and skillful composition.

In 1915 he revisited this work, completely rewriting the last movement in the vein of his then-current compositional method. As a result, the finale is completely different from the rest of the work. Despite the composer's desire to incorporate the changes into future performances of the quartet, it is generally performed in its original version.

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