Donald macleod surveys the life, music and quirks of australian composer, percy grainger. Peter pears tenor, john shirleyquirk, viola tunnard, english chamber orchestra, ambrosian singers, benjamin britten, steuart bedford. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Find polyphony discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Graingers program note, 1947 percy grainger 18821961 studied at the hoch conservatory in frankfurt, germany from 18951901 aged 19. It sings with great sympathy for the victims of civilized man and with blazing energy of nature red in tooth and claw. The complete jungle book cycle by percy aldridge grainger, arranged for band by chalon ragsdale. Begins his kipling jungle book cycle composed as a protest against civilization. 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. 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.
Beaches of lukannon, the from the jungle book suite. Books by percy grainger author of selfportrait of percy. 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. Chapter 2 presents a survey of his arrangements and original compositions for chorus. The jungle book excerpts presented by donald macleod produced by martin williams for bbc wales. Kiplings jungle book cycle grainger, percy as arranger 11 arrangements by. Percy graingers jungle book cycle the universal compendium. 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. Program notes to youthful suite mg1105 and to jungle book. 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. 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. Percy grainger s most popular book is selfportrait of percy grainger. 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. A visual timeline of the life of percy grainger, the inventor and composer behind the grainger museum.
The first chapter contains a biography of percy grainger. However, overall the cycle presents the impression of things passing away. A musical version of the jungle book is bringing kiplings. January 1996, st judeonthehill, hampstead garden suburb, london, united kingdom originally issued on hyperion cda66863. Grainger s jungle book cycle was recorded here for the original hyperion release for the first time. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
Percy grainger lincolnshire posy lyrics and tracklist. The original publications contain illustrations, some by the authors father, john lockwood kipling. 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. Jungle book by percy grainger, stephen layton, polyphony, polyphony orchestra, libby crabtree, john mark ainsley, david wilsonjohnson from amazons classical music store. Percy grainger, australianborn american composer, pianist, and conductor who was also known for his work in collecting folk music. Starts to compose the five works completed in 1901, later revised. An examination and conductors analysis of percy grainger. Jungle book cycle suite jungle book cycle suite percy grainger arr. Grainger first appeared publicly as a pianist at age 10. It consists of quotations from the book, set as choral pieces and solos for soprano, tenor or baritone. Percy grainger composed his jungle book cycle around quotations from the book. The eleven contrasting movements vividly portray the sentiments of kiplings poetry and grainger.
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. Thomas lewis source guide to the music of percy grainger. Rudyard kiplings famous stories were published as the jungle book in 1894 but there have been many adaptations since then. While he was a student in frankfurt, his father sent him a collection of rudyard kiplings poetry, which the young grainger devoured. Graingers the jungle book, despite its idiosyncrasies, captures the essence of kipling at his best. Grainger s jungle book cycle, like koechlins jungle book, is central to the composers long and creative life. Grainger s jungle book cycle is here recorded for the first time. Jungle book cycle composed by percy grainger from 1898 to 1947, based on works by rudyard kipling. The french composer charles koechlin wrote several symphonic works inspired by the book.
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. The inuit from the jungle book suite grainger ragsdale. My kipling jungle book cycle, begun in 1898 and finished in 1947, was composed as a protest against civilization. He began composing his jungle book song cycle at the age of 16 and composed 22 kipling settings over the course of his life. Read about shenandoah from percy grainger s the grainger edition and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. 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. The jungle book 1894 is a collection of stories by the english author rudyard kipling. 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. A fourminute showstopping medley from the 2016 liveaction remake of the jungle book for younger mixed and treble choirs. The stories were first published in magazines in 189394. He was educated at home in melbourne by his mother. Scrobbling is when tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile. A source guide to the music of percy grainger by thomas p.
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. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Graingers jungle book cycle is here recorded for the first time. It is very unlikely that this work is public domain in the eu, or in any country where the term. Your singers wont be able to help but sing along to the classic. The music of percy grainger sounds like nobody elses, and the musical world seems to be. Grainger polyphony, stephen layton jungle book 2011, cd. Jungle book polyphony, stephen layton on allmusic 1996. Percy grainger has 22 books on goodreads with 33 ratings. Percy grainger was born on 8 july 1882 in brighton, a suburb of melbourne, australia. While the original songs have lyrics, the selections here are. Jungle book to enjoy in your home or car, or gift it to another music lover. Rudyard kipling was born in india and spent the first six years of his childhood there.