optional parts for Oboe II, Bassoon II, Horns III, IV, Tuba

  • narr,C + 2(2pic).1(ca).2(II:asx).1(cbn)/2.2.2.0/timp.perc/pf(cel).hp/str
  • Narrator (optional), Contralto (in the Lullaby)
  • 30 min
  • Rudyard Kipling
  • English, German

Programme Note

The suite from the 1942 film colorfully illustrates characters and moments in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.

• Mowgli (Nathoo), the man-cub raised by wolves
• thunder of the Tribe of Hathi, the elephants
• hunting call of the wolf pack
• chuckle of Baloo, the bear
• roar of Jacca, the crocodile
• silent shadow of Bagheera, the panther
• madness of Tabaqui, the jackal
• mocking laugh of the hyena
• humming of Kaa, the python
• whisper of the cobra
• chatter of the Bandar Log, the monkeys
• roar of Shere Khan, the tiger and killer of Mowgli's father
• singing of a lullaby to a child not there
• busy ways of man
• call of the jungle
• stampede of the animals
• confidence of Mowgli
• swimming wth Kaa, the python
• battle of Mowgli and Shere Khan
• celebration of the animals

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Media

without narration
with narration