Composition database

This is the Composition Database of BMC, which includes information about works by composers that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary.

Title of the work

Jungle Book Suite


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Dzsungel könyve - Szvit
Foreign language / English title
Jungle Book Suite
Subtitle
For Narrator and Orchestra
Year of composition
1942

Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
narrator - 2 fl., ob., 2 cl., fg. - 2 cor., 2 tr., 2 trb. - timp., perc. - arpa, pf. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
28 min

Movements, parts
1. The Jungle / A dzsungel
2. The Animals of the Jungle / A dzsungel állatai
3. Mowgli / Maugli
4. Life in the Jungle / Élet a dzsungelben
5. Indian Night / Indiai éjszaka
6. Pursuit / Hajsza
7. Lullaby / Altató
8. Mowgli´s Mother / Maugli anyja
9. Among Men / Emberek között
10. Song of the Jungle / A dzsungel dala
11. Panic of the Animals / Az állatok ijedtsége
12. Hunt for Shere Khan / Harc Sír Kánért
13. The Python Kaa / Ká a kígyó
14. Combat / Csata
15. Mowgli´s Triumph / Maugli győzelem
16. Finale / Finálé

Publisher / Source
Broude Brothers Limited (Study score, parts rental only)
Available here!
Recordings
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack of the Movie "Jungle Book" 1942 - Miklós Rózsa (cond.)
Entr´acte Records ERM 6002, 1979 - Victor Symphony Orchestra, Sabu (narrator), Miklós Rózsa (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 Jungle Book Suite
Remarks, other info
Suite based on the Academy Award winner composition (Best Original Score in 1942)