Czech Suite

Vaclav Nelhybel

Vaclav Nelhybel

General Info

Year: 1972
Duration: c. 6:00
Movements: Three
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alliance Publications
Cost: Score and Parts - $80.00   |   Score Only: $15.00

Instrumentation

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

• Bass Drum
• Cymbal
• Glockenspiel
• Snare Drum
• Tambourine
• Tenor Drum

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Czech Suite opens with a folksong, which, while secular in nature, has the character of a church anthem. The text is "May God love and keep us in good health and happiness."

Movement Two makes use of two more Czech folksongs. The first one in a minor key, introduced by the solo flute, is a love song in which a young girl asks, "Whose are the horses grazing in our meadow?" and then answers herself, "If they belong to my beloved, I shall let them be." The second tune is a very popular one about the postman announcing his arrival with the sound of his horn as he comes bringing mail to the village residents with his horse-drawn carriage. It is played twice in a major key creating a contrasting element to the minor first tune.

Movement Three is based on a children's song in which "the little drummer boy calls other boys to play."

Czech Suite was composed in 1972 for, and is dedicated to, W. W. Chunn and the Malan Junior High School Band in Harrisburg, Illinois.

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State Ratings

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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

• Dunker, Amy. Analysis of Czech Suite