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Trittico (Nelhybel)
General Info
Year: 1963 / 1965 / 1993
Duration: c. 11:00
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $85.00; (digital) - $85.00 | Score Only (print) - $12.00; (digital) - $12.00
Movements
1. Allegro maestoso – 2:40
2. Adagio – 5:00
3. Allegro marcato – 2:45
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
Piano
Celesta
Timpani I-II
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Tam-tam (giant)
- Triangle
- Xylophone
Errata
(Inconsistencies between parts and score may indicate potential errors)
In Parts:
- E-flat Soprano Clarinet, Movement 1/m.79: Rehearsal "80" should read "79"
- E-flat Soprano Clarinet, Movement 3/m.123: Too many beats in the measure. Remove the quarter note E on beat 3.
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone, Movement 2/m.27: Add # to first note
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone, Movement 3/m.113: Last two notes are 8th notes, not 16th notes
- Cornet I, Movement 1/m. 14: E should read E-flat (missing flat accidental)
- Trumpet I-II, Movement 3/m. 53-60: Entrance potentially unclear. Start playing after the cue at m. 60
- Horn in F I, Movement 3/m.111: Notes should have regular accents, not rooftop accents
- Trombone III, Movement 1/m.66-67: Remove slur from E-flat to C
- Timpani, Movement 2/m. 44, beat 3: Switch eighth note and eighth rest around so the eighth note is on beat 3 and the rest is on the & of beat 3
- Potential errata noted by Matthew LeFebvre and Rollins College
See also: Topolewski, in Resources, below.
Program Notes
Trittico was composed in 1963 for Dr. William D. Revelli who gave the first performance of the work in the spring of 1964, in Ann Arbor, with the Symphonic Band of the University of Michigan.
The first and third movements are, in several ways, related to one another: their character is brilliantly forward-moving and energetic; the main theme of the first movement reappears in the culmination point of the third movement, and the instrumentation of the movements is identical (standard), with the individual instruments themselves being used quite similarly.
The second movement is a strongly contrasting dramatic scene with turbulent recitatives and expressive woodwind solos, punctuated by low brass and percussion. The emphasis is on the woodwinds and the low brass; cornets and trumpets enter only at the very end with an extremely intense phrase to conclude the movement. The dramatic character is underlined by the strong use of percussion which is extended by a second timpani player, piano and celesta.
- Program Note from score
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. The Washington Winds (Edward S. Petersen, conductor)
- Audio CD: Dallas Wind Symphony (Frederick Fennell, conductor) – 1992
- Audio CD: Naniwa Orchestral Winds – 2013
- Audio CD: Rutgers Wind Symphony (William Berz, conductor) – 2011
State Ratings
- Alabama: AA
- Arkansas: V
- California: VI/AA
- Florida: VI
- Georgia: VI
- Iowa: V
- New York:
- Grade VI: Movements I & II or Movements II & III
- Oklahoma: 5A
- South Carolina: VI
- Tennessee: VI
- Texas: V
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Purdue University (West Lafayette, Ind.) Wind Ensemble (Jay S. Gephart, conductor) - 17 February 2023
- Orkest Orventus (Oisterwijk, The Netherlands) (Jacco Nefs, conductor) – 21 July 2022 (WASBE Conference, Prague, Czech Republic)
- Cleveland (Ohio) Youth Wind Symphony Group I (Darren Allen, conductor) - 1 May 2022
- H.B. Plant High School (Tampa, Fla.) Wind Ensemble (Brian P. Dell, conductor) - 25 February 2021
- Mason (Ohio) High School Wind Symphony (Ed Protzman, conductor) – 7 February 2020
- Boston University (Mass.) Wind Ensemble (David Martins, conductor) – 8 October 2019
- University of South Alabama (Mobile) Wind Ensemble (William Petersen, conductor) – 26 September 2019
- Windermere (Fla.) High School Wind Symphony (David Olsen, conductor) – 8 May 2019
- Sacramento (Calif.) State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Matthew Morse, conductor) – 8 May 2019
- Dr. Phillips High School (Orlando, Fla.) Wind Symphony (Charles Watford, conductor) – 26 April 2019
- University of Arizona (Tucson) Wind Symphony (Chad Shoopman, conductor) – 25 April 2019
- University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA) Wind Ensemble (Travis J. Cross, conductor) – 12 March 2019
- University of Rhode Island (Kingston) Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Gene Pollart, conductor) – 4 March 2019
- University of Georgia (Athens) Hodgson Wind Symphony (Jaclyn Hartenberger, conductor) – 14 November 2018
- Strongsville (Ohio) Community Band (Ken Mehalko, conductor) – 9 November 2018
- Baylor University (Waco, Texas) Symphonic Band (Isaiah Odajima, conductor) – 13 September 2018
- Shenandoah Conservatory (Winchester, Va.) Concert Band (Brian T. Harris, conductor) – 24 April 2018
- East Tennessee State University (Johnson City) Wind Ensemble (Joe Moore, conductor) – 27 February 201
- Henry (Tx.) Middle School Band (Robert Herrings, conductor) – 16 February 2018 (2018 TMEA Conference, San Antonio)
- North Dakota State University (Fargo) Wind Symphony (Warren Olfert, conductor) – 3 December 2017
- State University of New York, Potsdam, Symphonic Band (Stephen Meyer, conductor) – 5 October 2017
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
- Bath, Harry D. (2002) “Vaclav Nelhybel’s Trittico, a symphonic painting in sound.” The Instrumentalist 56 no. 10 (May 2002): pp. 32, 34, 36
- Cirone, Anthony J. (2008). On Musical Interpretation in Percussion Performance. Galesville, Md.: Meredith Music Publications, pp. 16–18.
- Nelhybel, V. (1993). Trittico [score]. CPP/Belwin: Miami, Fla.
- Perusal score
- Topolewski, Timothy. Errata Studies for the Wind Band Conductor Vol. 2. DeBiencourt, Montreal, Que., Can., Plein la Vue, 2003.
- "TRITTICO by Václav Nelhýbel (Czech Republic, 1919-1996). " WASBE. Web. (Featured as WASBE’s Composition of the Week, 27 June 2022). Accessed 6 January 2023