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VACLAV NELHYBEL: BRASS QUINTET #1 (1968)
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Internationally renowned composer Vaclav Nelhybel was born on September 24, 1919, in Polanka, Czechoslovakia.

VACLAV NELHYBEL: CZECH - AMERICAN COMPOSER

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Vaclav Nelhybel studied composition and conducting at the Conservatory of Music in Prague, (1938-42) and musicology at Prague University and the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.  After World War II he was affiliated as composer and conductor with Swiss National Radio and became lecturer at the University of Fribourg. In 1950 he became the first musical director of Radio Free Europe in Munich, Germany, a post he held until he emigrated to the United States in 1957.​ 

Nelhybel was one to the most respected composers of the last half of the twentieth century.  He composed an astounding 600 compositions, all of which are included in the Nelhybel Collection at the University of Scranton where had served as Composer in Residence.    Read More 

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Vaclav Nelhybel's ​ Brass Quintet #1
performance by the  
Annapolis Brass Quintet 
David Cran, trumpet; Bob Suggs, trumpet; Arthur LaBar, horn;
Martin Hughes, trombone; Robert Posten, bass trombone & tuba

​To listen Tap > Below: 
​(There may be a 10 to 20 sec. delay before sound begins.)
Duration:  10'32"

TO LISTEN TO
NELHYBEL'S DIVERTIMENTO
performed by the ABQ & the Salisbury Symphony Orchestra
TAP HERE

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FOSTERING BRASS CHAMBER MUSIC
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The score and parts for Vaclav Nelhybel's Brass Quintet, along with the entire ABQ music library, are available for research and performance from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music Library.
TAP for direct access: ABQ Special Collection @ Oberlin Conservatory Library