[Trombone-l] Nelybel tuba etudes- fictional situation

[Tom Izzo]

On Mon, 4/13/09, Ray Horton <rayhorton at insightbb.com> wrote:




I'd vote for Arban as the most logical.

Yes, I'll second the Arban book. I responded to Jackie, privately, earlier.
When I was in HS, I added Tuba as a double, so I used the Arban book, which, of course, I already owned. I checked with all of my fellow Tuba bretheren of the time, whether or not they started on Tuba, & they all were using the Arban. In those days, of course, there wasn't a Tuba "edition", so we all read Arban at pitch, when possible, plus the 8vab, when needed.
 
I also have a connection to Nelhybel. His piece for Baritone (Voice) and Concert Band, was given the world premiere at the Midwest International Band & Orchestra Clinic in the early 70's, possibly 1969, I forget, exactly.
The La Salle HS band (LaSalle, IL), performed this with my father, Bernard Izzo, as the soloist.
I can get more details, if you want.
 
Tom


Nelhybel replied "What's a concert band?'  


A year or two later, I played under his direction at a music camp.  
After years of hearing conductors say 'It's only forte," he was the 
first conductor (and last) to turn to the percussion section and say 
"It's marked _forte_.  Play LOUD!"


So, yes, this is a long way of saying Nelhybel is an American composer.


Raymond Horton




Dennis Clason wrote:
> If your husband's picking Nehlybel because he sounds Eastern European, 
> he should know that VN emigrated to the US in 1957 and is primarily 
> known as a US composer of wind band music.  I wouldn't find it very 
> believable that an emigre Russian would use the Nehlybel etudes, nor 
> that a British teacher would use them.  This is especially true if the 
> action is taking place in the UK.
>
> I think Blazevich is much more likely, or Bordogni down the octave.  
> Both were in fairly wide use at that time (at least among trombone 
> students, tuba students were poaching music where ever it could be 
> found, but then so were trombone students.)  Arban's is another very 
> likely possibility.
>
> The stuff I've seen on the 'net give a copyright date of 2006 for the 
> Nehlybel etudes, which means that in 1987 she would have been playing 
> them in manuscript.  They're listed as grade 4, and the samples look 
> like about a 4+.  So the music is at the right difficulty level for an 
> ambitious talented student with a good teacher.
>
> Jackie Harris-Stone wrote:
>   
>> My husband's novel is now including a young tuba student.  He has her playing a Nelhybel tuba etude.  She's about 11, has played for 2-3 years, and has quite a lot of talent and practices a lot. She was taught by a Russian for a year or two, and then a British teacher took over.  This occured about 1987.  
>>  
>> I gave him some suggestions of what she would be playing- I thought Blazhevich, perhaps Bordogni-, but for some reason, he found the Nelhybel etudes on the internet, and thought it would be a better fit.
>>  
>> Does anyone know of these, and would they fit the above scenario?  If not, and you were writing the novel, what do you think might she be playing for etudes?
>>  
>> Trombone content- almost every trombone teacher teaches tuba students, and us bass trombonists play tuba etudes.
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