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.
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 917997
for: Brass and Timpani
Set of parts
Item no.: 1059280
Southern Music
for: 2 trombones
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 927057
Southern Music
for: Klarinettenchor
Score
Item no.: 924999
for: Mixed Ensemble
Score
Item no.: 918199
Book 5 -Tuba
for: Mixed Ensemble
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 855446
Brass Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1059303
Out of the Depths
The Vaclav Nelhybel Edition
for: Trumpet, concert band
Score, Piano reduction, Solo parts
Item no.: 1688449
Belwin Classic Band
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1678561
Belwin Young Band
for: Youth concert band
Score
Item no.: 1678569
G. Schirmer Band-Orchestra
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1193508
Southern Music
for: 2 trombones
Ensemble score
Item no.: 928640
Southern Music
for: Klarinettenchor
Score
Item no.: 923999
for: Saxophone
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 943265
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 941957
Southern Music
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 928072
Book 1 - 1st B-flat Trumpet
for: Mixed Ensemble
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 855953
for: Organ and Timpani
Buch
Item no.: 859495
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 918069
Belwin Young Band
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1678567
Southern Music
for: Klarinettenchor
Buch
Item no.: 927342
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Brass, Organ
Buch
Item no.: 1059369
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 857155
Belwin Classic Band
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 944715
Belwin Classic Band
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1678552
for Symphonic wind band
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 679497
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 917803
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 856526
Southern Music
for: Bass trombone, concert band [symphonic orchestra]
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 924264
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 938831
Southern Music
for: Klavierbegleitung
Buch
Item no.: 923627
Southern Music
for: Klarinettenchor
Buch
Item no.: 925772
LudwigMasters
for: 2 trumpets (B-flat), trombone
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1678578
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 856491
Book 2 - 2nd B-flat Trumpet
for: Mixed Ensemble
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 856836
Book 4 - 2nd Trombone
for: Mixed Ensemble
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 918526
The Vaclav Nelhybel Edition
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1688432
Southern Music
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 924090
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 857250
Book 7 - Horn in F
for: Mixed Ensemble
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 917839
Book 3 - 1st Trombone
for: Mixed Ensemble
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 857280
GIA Instrumental
for: 4 brass instruments
Buch
Item no.: 1151456
Southern Music
for: Klarinettenchor
Score
Item no.: 928036
Southern Music
for: Tenor & Bass Trombones W/
Score
Item no.: 923393
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1678557
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