While he was a student in frankfurt, his father sent him a collection of rudyard kiplings poetry, which the young grainger devoured. Books by percy grainger author of selfportrait of percy. Grainger first appeared publicly as a pianist at age 10. Rudyard kipling was born in india and spent the first six years of his childhood there. Percy grainger lincolnshire posy lyrics and tracklist. The contrasting song of kala nag is one of three poems, opus 18 powerfully set by charles koechlin in his great jungle book cycle, and the dance of the elephants inspired instrumental compositions by cyril scott 1912 and percy grainger 1922. The purpose of this study is to examine and describe the scope of the choral output of percy grainger and to gain an understanding of what he considered an important project, his kipling jungle book cycle. Your singers wont be able to help but sing along to the classic. The australianborn american pianist and composer, percy aldridge grainger, was born to a father who was an architect who emigrated from london, england, and and to a mother, rose, who was the daughter of hoteliers from adelaide, south australia, also of english immigrant stock. The eleven contrasting movements vividly portray the sentiments of kiplings poetry and grainger. About percy grainger one of the earliest australian musicians to gain fame in europe, percy aldridge grainger 18821961 was a virtuoso pianist who left australia for germany at age to study. In music, the jungle book cycle 1958 was written by the australian composer percy grainger, an avid kipling reader. Chapter 2 presents a survey of his arrangements and original compositions for chorus. My kipling jungle book cycle, begun in 1898 and finished in 1947, was composed as a protest against civilization.
Starts to compose the five works completed in 1901, later revised. The complete jungle book cycle by percy aldridge grainger, arranged for band by chalon ragsdale. Kiplings jungle book cycle grainger, percy as arranger 11 arrangements by. The music of percy grainger sounds like nobody elses, and the musical world seems to be. The first chapter contains a biography of percy grainger.
It sings with great sympathy for the victims of civilized man and with blazing energy of nature red in tooth and claw. However, overall the cycle presents the impression of things passing away. January 1996, st judeonthehill, hampstead garden suburb, london, united kingdom originally issued on hyperion cda66863. Graingers program note, 1947 percy grainger 18821961 studied at the hoch conservatory in frankfurt, germany from 18951901 aged 19. A musical version of the jungle book is bringing kiplings. It consists of quotations from the book, set as choral pieces and solos for soprano, tenor or baritone. While the original songs have lyrics, the selections here are. The eleven contrasting movements vividly portray the sentiments of kiplings poetry and grainger wrote of the cycle that it was composed as a protest against civilization. Percy grainger composed his jungle book cycle around quotations from the book. Grainger polyphony, stephen layton jungle book 2011, cd.
The french composer charles koechlin wrote several symphonic works inspired by the book. The original publications contain illustrations, some by the authors father, john lockwood kipling. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Grainger s jungle book cycle was recorded here for the original hyperion release for the first time. Read about shenandoah from percy grainger s the grainger edition and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Graingers jungle book cycle is here recorded for the first time. A source guide to the music of percy grainger by thomas p. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. You can understand why percy grainger, that wild eccentric, might be inspired by kiplings jungle book. Percy grainger s most popular book is selfportrait of percy grainger.
Jungle book polyphony, stephen layton on allmusic 1996. Peter pears tenor, john shirleyquirk, viola tunnard, english chamber orchestra, ambrosian singers, benjamin britten, steuart bedford. He began composing his jungle book song cycle at the age of 16 and composed 22 kipling settings over the course of his life. Percy grainger, australianborn american composer, pianist, and conductor who was also known for his work in collecting folk music. Some remarks on the music of percy grainger wilfrid mellers grainger songs and folksong peter pears folksong collecting bob thomson, peter pears sources for section 1. His father, john grainger, an englishborn architect who had emigrated to australia in 1877, won recognition for his design of the princes bridge across the yarra river in melbourne. Begins his kipling jungle book cycle composed as a protest against civilization. This magical and haunting set, produced by mark brown, is perfectly sequenced, leading off with the stunning shallow brown, then the 11 jungle book songs in their recording premiere, finally 14 more familiar grainger folk settings, varied in their instrumentation and voice combinations but thematically grouped. Jungle book to enjoy in your home or car, or gift it to another music lover.
Grainger s jungle book cycle, like koechlins jungle book, is central to the composers long and creative life. An examination and conductors analysis of percy grainger. Program notes to youthful suite mg1105 and to jungle book. Donald macleod surveys the life, music and quirks of australian composer, percy grainger. Each work in their respective cycles displays specific compositional techniques and an homogenous unifying threaddespite the fact that individual movements of both cycles were not composed in the order they are to be performed.
Most of the characters are animals such as shere khan the tiger and baloo the bear, though a principal character is the boy or mancub mowgli, who is raised in the jungle by wolves. Percy graingers jungle book cycle the universal compendium. A fourminute showstopping medley from the 2016 liveaction remake of the jungle book for younger mixed and treble choirs. Graingers the jungle book, despite its idiosyncrasies, captures the essence of kipling at his best. Begins his kipling jungle book cycle composed as a protest against civilization 1899 starts to compose the five works completed in 1901, later revised eventually published in 1950 as youthful suite. The stories were first published in magazines in 189394. He was educated at home in melbourne by his mother. A visual timeline of the life of percy grainger, the inventor and composer behind the grainger museum. Scrobbling is when tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Jungle book cycle composed by percy grainger from 1898 to 1947, based on works by rudyard kipling. This catchy tune from the original 1967 animated movie the jungle book has demonstrated its longstanding popularity and is once again featured in the 2016 film. Jungle book by percy grainger, stephen layton, polyphony, polyphony orchestra, libby crabtree, john mark ainsley, david wilsonjohnson from amazons classical music store.
Kiplings jungle book cycle grainger, percy it is very unlikely that this work is public domain in the eu, or in any country where the term is lifeplus70 years. Thomas lewis source guide to the music of percy grainger. It is very unlikely that this work is public domain in the eu, or in any country where the term. Beaches of lukannon, the from the jungle book suite. Rudyard kiplings famous stories were published as the jungle book in 1894 but there have been many adaptations since then. Percy grainger was born on 8 july 1882 in brighton, a suburb of melbourne, australia. Australian composer percy grainger 18821961, while he wrote little that might be considered serious music, nevertheless produced both original pieces and arrangements that remain popular.
Find polyphony discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Grainger s jungle book cycle is here recorded for the first time. The jungle book excerpts presented by donald macleod produced by martin williams for bbc wales. Percy grainger has 22 books on goodreads with 33 ratings. He later became interested in what would become known as ethomusicology. This piece for concert band was inspired by the composers trip to the english countryside and the folk songs that he heard there. Percy grainger choral composer biography cd recordings. He believed that the savage natural world was purer and more peaceable than the civilised one, and his cycle of kipling settings was a lifelong obsession, occupying some six decades in all. The inuit from the jungle book suite grainger ragsdale. The jungle book 1894 is a collection of stories by the english author rudyard kipling. Jungle book cycle suite jungle book cycle suite percy grainger arr. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. His mother rose annie aldridge was the daughter of adelaide hotelier george aldridge.