Klarinet Archive - Posting 000861.txt from 1996/03

From: Neil Leupold <nleupold@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Vaclav Nelhybel
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 11:45:13 -0500

We're doing a Nelhybel piece in the wind ensemble at Southern Methodist
University right now. Our first reading of it was yesterday afternoon,
and many of the players did recognize his name, but went no deeper than
to joke about how funny it looked. The music is "Trittico", an energetic
fanfare-type piece, and while I think it's a little too simplistic for
this ensemble, it is an inspiring piece to play. There's a lengthy
and terrific bassoon & bass clarinet duet (in unison) in the 3rd movement (I
believe), staccato, with a profusion of dynamic and rhythmic accents. No
wonder Bill Page derived inspiration from Nelyel's music, with such energy
in the writing.

Neil

On Sat, 30 Mar 1996, Bill Page wrote:

> It has been a long time (long to me, short to Leeson ;}}} ) since I first
> played a band piece by Vaclav Nelhybel in my high school band (circa 1969,
> Zion-Benton Twp HS, Zion, Ill), but I still remember the feeling of
> excitement as we pulsed through one of his numbers for symphonic band. Few
> band composers were as influential in forming my appreciative sense for wind
> ensembles as was Nelhybel.
>
> I feel lucky to have played his music.
>
> Bill Page
> Spring Hill Florida
>