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Vaclav Nelhybel

其他書名	His Life, Influences on His Compositional Style, and a Review of His Published Choral Compositions
出版	Conservatory of Music. University of Missouri-Kansas City, 1991
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=OA3ntgAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋The formative years of Vaclav Nelhybel were filled with many positive musical experiences. From his early years Vaclav recalls two types of music: folk music, as sung to Vaclav by his parents, and the music performed by wandering bands of Gypsies. Gregorian chant and Vaclav's self-directed musical training filled his musical mind while he was a student at a Jesuit boarding school. Later, Vaclav received formal music training at the Prague Conservatory. While Vaclav has only happy recollections of his early years, before his twentieth birthday Hitler's army marched into Sudetenland and eventually into all of Czechoslovakia. A permanent separation from his parents resulted. Moving to Switzerland Nelhybel was employed by Radio Free Europe; this eventually led him to the United States where he gained exposure to American music education. Nelhybel's predilection for ensembles exhibiting various levels of ability caused him to begin writing music with diverse levels of technical difficulty. This interest, which was sparked by his initial exposure to American music education in 1962, has matured into a strong affection for students and their teachers. While Nelhybel enjoys excellent performances of his more challenging music by university ensembles, he gains comparable satisfaction in working with junior high school bands. The purposes of this paper were to provide a brief biography of Vaclav Nelhybel, to investigate influences on his compositional style, and to review his published choral works. The author's interviews with Nelhybel served as the primary source of biographical information. In the first chapter, a brief biography of Vaclav Nelhybel is provided. Chapter two contains information about influences on his compositional style--notably exposure to plainchant, American music education, and the formation of the J. Christopher Music Company. In chapter three a review of Nelhybel's published choral compositions is presented while considering seven criteria selected by the author. The fourth chapter is a further review of those songs deemed most successful by the composer including (1) salient features which contribute to the interest of the song, (2) musical concepts that could be taught through the prominent aspects of the song, and (3) potential rehearsal problems and solutions.