Ballad

Vaclav Nelhybel

Vaclav Nelhybel

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Subtitle: Theme and Variations for Band

General Info

Year: 1976
Duration: c. 8:30
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: J. Christopher Music Company
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $25.00   |   Score Only (print) - $5.00

Instrumentation

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Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Ballad is a set of variations on an archaic choral-type theme. In the five variations, individual instrumental groups are featured in a great variety of contrasting moods.

- Program Note from Teaching Music Through Performance in Band

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

State Ratings

• Alabama: Class D
• Florida: II
• Kansas: II
• South Carolina: II
• Tennessee: III
• Virginia: III

Performances

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Works for Winds by this Composer

• Aegean Modes (1974 / 1977)
• Andante and Toccata (1966)
• Antiphonale (1972)
• Ballad (1976)
• Chorale (1965)
• Chorale and Allegro (ed. Richardson)
• Christmas in Poland (1983/2010)
• Concerto for Euphonium and Band
• Concerto Grosso for Tubas and Band (1981)
• Corsican Litany (1976)
• Crusaders (1976)
• Czech Suite
• Dance of the Dead Souls (1975)
• Estampie (1966)
• Festivo
• Fugue to the Mountains (1975)
• Praise to the Lord
• Prelude and Chorale
• Prelude and Fugue (1966)
• Procession to the End of Time
• Songs of Praise (1983/1997)
• Suite from Bohemia (1969)
• Symphonic Movement (1966)
• Sinfonia Resurrectionis (1981)
• Three Revolutionary Marches
• Trio for Brass (1965)
• Trittico (1963)
• Variants on a Czech Love Song

Resources

• Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Vaclav Nelhybel." Accessed 14 January 2017
• Miles, Richard B., and Larry Blocher. 2002. Teaching Music Through Performance in Band. Volume 4. Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 113-118.
• Nelhybel, V. (1976). Ballad: Theme and Variations for Band [score]. J. Christopher Music Co.: Carol Stream, Ill.