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MUSIC FOR BRASS AND PERCUSSION

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Composer Nelhybel, Vaclav
Instumentation Brass Ensemble/ Chamber Ensemble
Grade 5
Duration

8:20
Genre Competition/ Concert Music
Series

THE VACLAV NELHYBEL COLLECTION
Included Parts

Bb Trumpets 1
Bb Trumpets 2
Bb Trumpets 3
Bb Trumpets 4
F Horns 1
F Horns 2
F Horns 3
F Horns 4
Trombones 1
Trombones 2
Trombones 3
Trombones 4
Baritones 1
Baritones 2
Tubas 1
Tubas 2
Timpani
Percussion 1 (Bells, Tam-Tam, Pair Cymbals)
Percussion 2 (Chimes & Snare Drum)
Percussion 3 (Vibraphone & Tam-Tam)
Percussion 4 (Marimba) leer
Format

A4 Landscape
Article

SMP-52-0154

Description

Music for Brass and Percussion is one of Václav Nelhybel’s characteristically powerful works, showcasing his uncompromising musical language and his fascination with the brilliance and weight of brass sonorities. Although the piece is believed to have been composed around 1985 and little is known about its exact origins, its sound world speaks clearly: energetic, intense, and structurally rigorous.

The two-movement work blends mystical sound textures and shifting harmonic colors with striking rhythmic ideas and intricate contrapuntal writing. The second movement in particular—with its canon emerging from the low brass and gradually expanding into a dense, multi-layered tapestry—demonstrates Nelhybel’s mastery of serially influenced and modal constructions. At the same time, the music remains anchored by the tonal “center of gravity” that Nelhybel often described as essential to his artistic voice.

Long hidden and rediscovered only through the study of Nelhybel’s handwritten manuscripts, this work presents the composer in a mature and expressive phase. It invites performers and listeners alike into a sound landscape that is at once archaic, modern, and deeply personal.

Description

Music for Brass and Percussion is one of Václav Nelhybel’s characteristically powerful works, showcasing his uncompromising musical language and his fascination with the brilliance and weight of brass sonorities. Although the piece is believed to have been composed around 1985 and little is known about its exact origins, its sound world speaks clearly: energetic, intense, and structurally rigorous.

The two-movement work blends mystical sound textures and shifting harmonic colors with striking rhythmic ideas and intricate contrapuntal writing. The second movement in particular—with its canon emerging from the low brass and gradually expanding into a dense, multi-layered tapestry—demonstrates Nelhybel’s mastery of serially influenced and modal constructions. At the same time, the music remains anchored by the tonal “center of gravity” that Nelhybel often described as essential to his artistic voice.

Long hidden and rediscovered only through the study of Nelhybel’s handwritten manuscripts, this work presents the composer in a mature and expressive phase. It invites performers and listeners alike into a sound landscape that is at once archaic, modern, and deeply personal.

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