Huntingtower

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Ottorino Respighi

Subtitle: Ballad for Band

General Info

Year: 1932
Duration: 6:50
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: G. Ricordi & Co.
Cost: Out of Print.

Instrumentation

Full Score
Condensed Score
Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
B-flat Baritone
Euphonium
Tuba I-II
String Bass I-II
Timpani
Percussion, including:

Bass Drum
Cymbals
Gong (or Tam-Tam)
Snare Drum
Triangle

Errata

Bassoon II, m.7-8: A tie is missing in the part (correct in the score).
B-flat Soprano Clarinet III, m.20: The C-flat should be a B-flat in both score and part.
Bass Clarinet, m.4: The E-flat should be an E-Natural in both score and part.
Horn IV, m 28: The C-natural should be a C-sharp in both score and part.
B-flat Trumpet II, m.86: The D-flat should be a D-natural in both score and part.
Euphonium m.20. The B-double flat should be an A-flat in both score and part.

Program Notes

Respighi's Huntingtower Ballad, written in 1932, is a short sombre work with some interesting exploitation of the lower wind instruments.

- Program Note from A New Day for Band Music by Richard F. Goldman

Written for Edwin Franko Goldman and the American Bandmasters' Association

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State Ratings

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Performances

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University of Cincinnati (Ohio) College-Conservatory of Music Wind Ensemble (Patty Saunders, conductor) - 15 November 2022
Indiana Wind Symphony (Carmel) (Charles P. Conrad, conductor) - 23 May 2021
State University of New York, Fredonia, Concert Band (Ray Stewart, conductor) – 5 March 2020
Indiana State University Wind Orchestra (Nikk Pilato, conductor) - 21 November 2019
Mississippi Wind Symphony (Jackson) (Craig Young, conductor) - 4 June 2019
Ithaca (N.Y.) College Wind Symphony (Christopher Hughes, conductor) – 12 December 2018
University of Cincinnati (Ohio) College-Conservatory of Music Wind Ensemble (Thomas Gamboa, conductor) – 25 September 2018
University of Tennessee (Knoxville) Wind Ensemble (Joseph Hermann, conductor) - 6 March 2013 (ABA 2013 Annual Convention (Tampa, Florida))

Works for Winds by This Composer

This composer primarily wrote orchestral music. Other transcriptions of his music include:

Airs of the Court (arr. Longfield) (1931/2009)
Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite I (tr. Johnson)
Ancient Airs and Dances (arr. Marlatt) (2008)
Belkis, Regina di Saba (arr. Kimura) (1931/1995)
Belkis, Regina di Saba (trans. Nefs) (1931/2016)
Bergomasca from Ancient Airs
Church Windows (arr. Schyns) (1926/2007)
Feste Romane (arr. Van Grevenbroek) (1928/2013)
Feste Romane (arr. Kimura) (1928/2006)
Feste Romane (arr. Schaefer) (1928/1976)
Fontane di Roma (arr. Van Grevenbroek) (1916/2013)
The Fountains of Rome (arr. Junkin) (1916)
The Fountains of Rome (tr. Odom) (1916)
Huntingtower (1932)
Huntingtower (orch. Cesarini) (1932/1987)
Huntingtower (arr. Suzuki) (1932/2001)
Huntingtower (ed. Binney) (1932/1991)
I pini della via Appia (arr. Suijkerbuijk) (1924/1987)
La Boutique Fantasque (as arranger; tr. Mahaffey) (2009)
La Boutique Fantasque (as arranger) (1922)
Pines of Rome (arr. Curnow) (1924/2012)
Pines of Rome (arr. Kimura) (1924)
Pines of Rome (trans. Duker) (1924/1966)
Pines of the Appian Way (ed. Leidzen) (1924/1948)
Pines of the Appian Way (arr. Story) (1924/2022)
Pini di Roma (arr. Van Grevenbroek) (1924/)
Pini di Roma (tr. Nefs) (1924/2012)
Roman Festivals (arr. Patterson) (1928)
Trittico Botticelliano (arr. Hanna) (1927/201?)

Resources

Wind Repertory Project Blog
Kinsey, Jordan E. (2011) "Conductor Guides to Three Standard Works for Wind Band"
Smith, Norman E. (2002). Program Notes for Band. Chicago: GIA Publications, pp. 496-497.
Zembower, C. (2008). Gems of Parallelism. Journal of Band Research, 43(2).