Prelude and Fugue (Nelhybel)

Vaclav Nelhybel

Vaclav Nelhybel

This work is not to be confused with Nelhybel's Prelude and Fugue in D Minor for handbell choir.

General Info

Year: 1966
Duration: c. 5:30
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Frank Music Corp.
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of Print

For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:

• Bass Drum
• Crash Cymbals
• Snare Drum
• Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The Prelude and Fugue was dedicated to the University of New Mexico Concert Band. It is a composition in one movement with two contrasting themes. The slow opening is an intense search to formulate the main theme in a strong statement first in the woodwinds, then in full brass, and finally in low brass and percussion. In the Allegro the theme emerges in full aggressive splendor, presented by brass and percussion. Immediately following the Fugue is the Vivace, literally a running-away from the theme. The composition concludes with a struggle for supremacy between the driving eighth-note runs in the woodwinds and the imperative marcato of the brass.

- Program Note from Program Notes for Band

The Prelude and Fugue is not a composition in two sections, rather a composition in one movement with two contrasting themes. The slow opening is an intense search to formulate the main theme in a strong statement: first in the woodwinds, then in the full brass, and finally in the low brass and percussion. In the Allegro, the theme emerges in full aggressive splendor, presented by brass and percussion.

Immediately following is the fugue, literally a "running-away" from the main theme. The fugal texture of the perpetuum mobile in the woodwinds generates a strong pull away from the marcato of the brassy main theme. The composition concludes with a strong fight for supremacy between the driving eighth-note runs in the woodwinds and the imperative marcato of the brass.

- Program Note from score

Awards

• Nelhybel's Prelude and Fugue has been recommended as interesting, serious and distinctive music by members of the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE).

Media

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State Ratings

• Alabama: Class AA
• Florida: VI
• Louisiana: IV
• Oklahoma: VI-A
• South Carolina: VI
• Tennessee: V

Performances

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• Furman University (Greenville, S.C.) Symphonic Band (Leslie W. Hicken) – 5 April 2013
• Joliet (Ill.) Central High School Symphonic Band (Ted Lega)

Works for Winds by This Composer

• Adagio and Allegro (1966)
• Aegean Modes (1974/1977)
• Agape
• Agitato e Marcia
• Agon (1984)
• Alaska Scherzo (1972/2015)
• Allegro con brio (/2017)
• America Sings: New England
• Amen (1979)
• Amen for Everyman
• Andante and Toccata (1966)
• Antiphonale (1972)
• Appassionato (1966)
• Ballad (1976)
• Battle Hymn of the Republic (as arranger) (1980)
• Benny Havens
• Born to Die (1983/2016)
• Ca Ira (1976)
• Cantata Pacis (1970)
• Canticum
• Cantus (1989)
• Cantus et Ludus
• Caucasian Passacaglia (1967)
• Ceremonial Music (1967)
• Ceremony for Band (/2017)
• Chorale (1965)
• Chorale and Allegro (ed. Richardson) (/2016)
• Chorale and Allegro (/2017)
• Chorale Variations
• Christmas March (as arranger) (1988)
• Christmas in Poland (1983/2010)
• Chronos
• Concert Piece (1973)
• Concertante (1982)
• Concertato for Tenor Trombone, Bass Trombone, and Wind Ensemble (1995)
• Concerto for Bass Trombone and Band
• Concerto for Clarinet and 23 Wind and Percussion Instruments (/2017)
• Concerto for Euphonium and Band (1996/2015)
• Concerto for Horn (or Tuba)
• Concerto Grosso for Tubas and Band (1981)
• Cornerstone for a New Moon
• Corsican Litany (1976)
• Crusaders (1976)
• Czech Suite (1974/2005)
• Dance of the Dead Souls (1975)
• De Profundis
• Dialogues (1976/2015)
• Dialogues for Piano and Band (1976/2015)
• Divertimento for Band
• Dixie Parade (1974)
• Drake Suite
• Epitaph
• Espressivo
• Estampie (1966)
• Evening Song (1976/2012)
• Fanfares (as arranger) (1872/1976)
• Fantasia (as arranger) (1982)
• Festive Adorations (1988)
• Festivo (1968)
• Festivo (arr. Wagner) (1968/2008)
• Finale (1976)
• Five and a Half Songs
• French Suite (1982)
• Fugue to the Mountains (1975)
• Great is Thy Faithfulness (as arranger) (1983)
• Golden Concerto
• Hallelujah (1974)
• He's Got the Whole World in His Hands (as arranger) (1981)
• High Plains (1972)
• Holiday in Germany (1982)
• Hymn of Hope (1971)
• Introit (1972/2015)
• Jesu, Priceless Treasure (as arranger)
• La Dance des Fauves
• Lento for Band (/2000)
• Let There Be Peace on Earth
• Liturgy
• Lyrical March (1977)
• March in Counterpoint (1976)
• March to Nowhere (1976)
• Marcia Dorica (1969)
• Monolith
• Music for Six Trumpets (ed. Doughty) (1975/2006)
• Musical Offering (as arranger)
• Organum (1973)
• Original Suite
• Ostinato
• Overture for Band (1985)
• Parade (1976)
• Pentecost Concerto
• Praise to the Lord (1975)
• Prayer and Thanksgiving (1996)
• Prelude and Chorale (1996)
• Prelude and Fugue
• Prelude and Fugue (1966)
• Procession to the End of Time (1992)
• Processional (1976)
• Religioso (1976)
• Rhapsody in C
• Ritual (1979)
• Russian Chant and Dance (1974/2015)
• Sand-Silence-Solitude
• The Silence
• Sine Nomine
• Sinfonia Resurrectionis (1981)
• Songs of Praise (1983/1996)
• The Star-Spangled Banner (as arranger) (1814/1996)
• Suite Concertante (1967)
• Suite from Bohemia (1969)
• Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (as arranger) (1981)
• Symphonic Movement (1966)
• Symphonic Requiem (1965)
• Te Deum
• Three Pieces for Saxophone Quartet (1968)
• Three Revolutionary Marches (as arranger) (1848/1967)
• Toccata (as arranger)
• Toccata Feroce for Band and Piano (/2017)
• Toccata in D
• Toccata in D (flat)
• Toccata in E
• Trittico (1963/1965/1993)
• Trittico: Movement I (arr. Story) (1963/2011)
• Two Symphonic Movements (1970/2017)
• Valse Nostalgique (1976)
• Variants on a Czech Love Song
• Variations on "Es ist Genug"
• Yamaha Concerto (1971)
• Yugoslav Dance (1977)

Resources

• Nelhybel, V. (1966). Prelude and Fugue: For Concert Band [score]. Frank Music: New York.
• Smith, Norman E. (2002). Program Notes for Band. Chicago: GIA Publications, pp. 444.