THE
UNIVERSAL COMPENDIUM
Jungle
Book Cycle
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# |
Title |
Kipling Source |
Instrumentation/Vocals |
Year Composed |
| 1 | The Fall of the Stone (Kipling Setting No. 16) | 'To be Filed for Reference' from Plain Tales from the Hills | Strings, harp, piano, harmonium, clarinet, two alto saxophones | 1901-04;
revised 1923 |
| 2 | Morning Song in the Jungle (Kipling Setting No. 3) | 'Letting in the Jungle' from The Second Jungle Book | A cappella for mixed chorus | 1905 |
| 3 | Night-song in the Jungle (Kipling Setting No. 17) | 'Mowgli’s Brothers' from The Jungle Book | A cappella for male voices | 1898;
partially revised 1924 |
| 4 | The Inuit (Kipling Setting No. 5) | 'Quiquern' from The Second Jungle Book | A cappella for mixed chorus | 1902;
minor revision 1907 |
| 5 | The Beaches of Lukannon (Kipling Setting No. 20) | 'Lukannon'
from 'The White Seal' in The Jungle Book |
Strings, harmonium (originally a cappella for male voices) | 1898;
revised 1941 |
| 6 | Red Dog (Kipling Setting No. 19) | 'Red Dog' from The Second Jungle Book | Male voice (tenor) a cappella | 1941 |
| 7 | The Peora Hunt (Kipling Setting No. 14) | 'Cupid's Arrows' from Plain Tales from the Hills | Strings,
piano, harmonium, bassoon, contrabassoon, baritone saxophone |
1906 |
| 8 | Hunting-song
of the Seeonee Pack (Kipling Setting No. 8) |
'Mowgli's Brothers' from The Jungle Book | Strings; male voices | 1899 |
| 9 | Tiger! Tiger! (Kipling Setting No. 4) | 'Tiger! Tiger!' from The Jungle Book | Male voice (tenor) a cappella | 1905 |
| 10 | The Only Son (Kipling Setting No. 21) | Many Inventions | Strings,
harp, piano, harmonium, oboe, cor anglais, two bassoons, three clarinets, bass clarinet, two alto saxophones; mixed voices (soprano, tenor) |
1947 |
| 11 | Mowgli’s
Song Against People (Kipling Setting No. 15) |
'Letting in the Jungle' from The Second |
Strings, piano, harmonium, two oboes, cor anglais, horn; mixed voices (baritone, tenor) |
1903;
revised 1907 and 1923 |
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Source Percy Graigner, Jungle Book [CD]. Ainsley, Wilson-Johnson, Crabtree, Polyphony, The Polyphony Orchestra, conducted by Stephen Layton, recorded 1996, Hyperion Records Limited, 2011.
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