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Biography
no footnotes|date=March 2012 Václav Nelhıbel (September 24, 1919 & ndash; March 22, 1996) was a Czechs|Czech - United States|American composer, mainly of works for student performers. He is considered one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century.
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 the University of Massachusetts Lowell . 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.
Most of his music is for wind instrument s or concert band , and most is designed for student performers. He used non-functional musical mode|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 ballet s, three opera s, and a symphony .
He was also a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and Kappa Kappa Psi .
Selected discography
http://folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx? itemid=579 The Symphony Orchestra and Its Instruments (1959)
http://folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx? itemid=586 Twelve-Tone Composition Prepared by Vaclav Nelhybel (1961)
http://folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx? itemid=2348 Forms in Instrumental Music: Prepared by Vaclav Nelhybel (1962)
http://folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx? itemid=582 Modal Counterpoint in the Style of the 16th Century Prepared by Vaclav Nelhybel (1962)
http://folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx? itemid=583 Music Arrangement: Prepared by Vaclav Nelhybel - Musical Examples Played by Chamber Orchestra (1962)
http://folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx? itemid=581 Traditional Harmony Prepared by Vaclav Nelhybel (1962)
http://folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx? itemid=584 The Fugue in the Style of the 18th Century (1964)
http://folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx? itemid=585 Tonal Counterpoint in the Style of the 18th Century Prepared by Vaclav Nelhybel (1964)
http://folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx? itemid=1965 Outer Space: Music by Vaclav Nelybel (1974)
References
James P. Cassaro: "Vaclav Nelhybel", http://www.grovemusic.com Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (Accessed June 20, 2005), (subscription access)
http://academic.scranton.edu/department/bandsing/nelhybelsite.shtml Official website
http://folkways.si.edu/searchresults.aspx? sPhrase=Vaclav+Nelhybel& sType='phrase' Discography at Smithsonian Folkways
http://www.bruceduffie.com/nelhybel.html Interview with Vaclav Nelhybel by Bruce Duffie, October 25, 1986
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