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

Media

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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

• 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) (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

• 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.