About Hunting Tower
In 1932, commissioned by Edwin Goldman and the American Bandmasters Association, Respighi composed Huntingtower. This proved to be his only original work for band. Subtitled 'Ballad for Band', this composition is a tone poem in four distinct sections, each capturing a different mood, and reflecting the Scottish castle after which the piece was named. Respighi's Romantic predilection for a broad spectrum of orchestral tone colour led him to use large instrumentation such as a complete family of saxophones.
The piece opens in the sombre key of E-flat minor and off beat entrances in the lower voices leads to a brief climax. Of particular interest is the overlapping of rhythmically independent parts, a result of different meters being utilized simultaneously. Much of the piece reflects a late Romantic harmonic language and musical interest.
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