Václav Nelhýbel was a Czech-American composer, mainly of works for student performers. He was born the youngest of five children in Polanka, Czechoslovakia. He received his early musical training in Prague, going to both Charles University in Prague and Prague Conservatory. In 1942 he went to Switzerland, where he studied at University of Fribourg; after 1947 he taught there. In 1957 he came to the United States, where he taught at several schools, including Lowell State College. He served as Composer-in-Residence at University of Scranton for several years until his death. The University Department of Performance Music continues to house his full collection of works. Some of his music is for wind instruments or concert band, and most of his published music is designed for student performers. He used non-functional modal writing, pandiatonicism, and motor rhythms extensively. Nelhybel received numerous prizes and awards for his compositions, which include a prize at the International Music and Dance Festival in Copenhagen, Denmark, for his ballet "In the Shadow of the Limetree". In 1954, he was also awarded the first prize of the Ravitch Foundation in New York for his opera "A Legend", and in 1978 he won an award from the Academy of Wind and Percussion Arts. Four American universities honored him with honorary doctoral degrees in music. In addition to his works for winds, he wrote three ballets, three operas, and a symphony.
for: Brass, Organ, Timpani and Tuba
Set of parts
Item no.: 917967
The Vaclav Nelhybel Edition
for: Piano, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1688422
Southern Music
for: Klarinettenchor
Buch
Item no.: 925427
Book 6 - Timpani
for: Mixed Ensemble
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 855675
for: Handbells
Buch
Item no.: 1059312
Movement I
Young Band
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 691559
Belwin Classic Band
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1678560
SATB
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 919247
3 Octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 856812
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 856660
The Vaclav Nelhybel Edition
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1688434
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 662972
European Parts
for: Concert band
Set of parts
Item no.: 927281
Condensed Score
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 926964
Southern Music
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 927977
Marsch
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 945043
Southern Music
for: Bass trombone, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 926539
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 817564
Southern Music
for: Bass trombone, concert band
Score
Item no.: 926909
Single part Clarinet
Item no.: 942066
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1661708
G. Schirmer Band-Orchestra
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 646004
Brass quintet - 2 Trumpets, 2 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani and Full Instrumental Score.
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1151652