Passing Tones (An Elegy for Walter Hartley) (2016)

Instrumentation: Solo baritone saxophone (or solo alto saxophone)

Duration: 5'

Commissioned by: Jacob Swanson

Movements: One movement (in four sections: Proclamation; Variation W; Variation S; Variation H)

Program Note: Passing Tones (An Elegy for Walter Hartley) was commissioned by Jacob Swanson in memory of Dr. Hartley, a compositional patron saint of the saxophone. Swanson premiered the piece at the 39th Navy Saxophone Symposium on 7 January 2017.

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