Klarinet Archive - Posting 001018.txt from 1998/01

From: "David B. Niethamer" <dnietham@-----.edu>
Subj: Nelhybel (was Concert Band - Favorite Clarinet Parts)
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 1998 19:50:16 -0500

on 1/23/98 5:38 AM, DGross1226 wrote:

>other suggestions include **Prelude and Fugue** by Vaclav Nelhybel (great
>bass and contrabass parts);

Don, thanks for jogging an old memory. My undergrad clarinet teacher was
a friend of Vaclav Nelhybel, and Nelhybel would visit frequently to
conduct his band pieces and also some clarinet choir pieces (which I'm
not sure he ever published). Nelhybel was an organist, and *loved* the
sound of the low clarinets, esp the contrabass. We had 2 Conta-altos and
a Contrabass in our choir (every Wed morning at 8 a.m. - yuchh!). While I
was in school, Conn came out with a device called the Multi-vider, which
allowed you to play a clarinet with some sort of pickup, and the
box/amp/speaker would allow you to alter the octave up or down. Nelhybel
and my teacher thought it would be a hoot to have, say, 6 contras, so
they hooked a few of us up to the box and let us have at it. It was quite
a sound (but not necessarily a good sound!).

Nelhybel loved the clarinet, and I always thought he wrote great clarinet
section parts, attempting to get that organ sonority that he knew with a
full range of clarinets, even in his band pieces.

On another note, I don't think I saw anyone mention the Giannini Symphony
for band. I always enjoyed playing that.

David

David Niethamer
Principal Clarinet, Richmond Symphony
dnietham@-----.edu
http://members.aol.com/dbnclar1/

   
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