Composition: Kipling's Jungle Book Cycle (Grainger, Percy)

Title Kipling's Jungle Book Cycle
Creators Percy Grainger (composer) and Rudyard Kipling (librettist)
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Number of movements 11
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Composed 1898
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Average duration (sec) 1500
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Composition types Songs
Language English
Period Modern
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The Fall of the Stone - Strings, harp, piano, harmonium, clarinet, 2 alto saxophones - composed 1901-04; revised 1923 — — —
Morning Song in the Jungle - A cappella for mixed chorus - 1905 — — —
Night-song in the Jungle - A cappella for male voices - 1898; partially revised 1924 — — —
The Inuit A cappella for mixed chorus - 1902; minor revision 1907 — — —
The Beaches of Lukannon - Strings, harmonium (originally a cappella for male voices) - 1898; revised 1941 — — —
Red Dog - Male voice (tenor) a cappella - 1941 — — —
The Peora Hunt - Strings, piano, harmonium, bassoon, contrabassoon, baritone saxophone - 1906 — — —
Hunting-song of the Seeonee Pack - Strings; male voices - 1899 — — —
Tiger! Tiger! - Male voice (tenor) a cappella - 1905 — — —
The Only Son -Strings, harp, piano, harmonium, oboe, cor anglais, 2 bassoons, 3 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 alto saxophones; mixed voices (sopranotenor) - 1947 — — —
Mowgli’s Song Against People - Strings, piano, harmonium, 2 oboes, cor anglais, horn; mixed voices (baritonetenor) - 1903; revised 1907 and 1923 — — —

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Scores

Details Section Type Publisher Date File (click to view)
view Complete — Schott 1912 IV. The Inuit

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