Jungla
Subtitle: Poema Ambientado en la Selva Africana: Banda sinfónica (Poem Set in the African Jungle, for Symphonic Band)
General Info
Year: 2006
Duration: c. 11:50
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Piles
Cost: Score and Parts - €180.00 | Score Only - €45.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone I-II
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
Flugelhorn I-II
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium I-II
Tuba I-II
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Cabasa
- Conga
- Crash Cymbals
- Derbuka
- Djembe
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Mark Tree
- Rattle, metal
- Sizzle Cymbal
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Tam-Tam
- Temple Blocks
- Tom-Tom
- Tubular Bells
- Whip
- Wind Machine
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Players screaming and chanting
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Jungla (Jungle) poem set in the African Jungle -- The Heart of the Jungle, the myths and their legends keep awake this vast unknown and discovered world.
The variety of legends of black Africa is to due to the diversity of tribes that inhabit it. The ancestors of their ancestors never lost their rites and ancestral myths. They continued to worship the spirits and geniuses [creative powers] who lived in nature.
The Luos, Massais, Swahikis and many other [African tribes] perform their prayers. Their beliefs are reflected in their dances and [they] dance to the rhythm of drums [to] make a delight to their [ancestors] honors.
The air, the earth, and the river are plagued with spirits who came and invoked when superior help was needed. Jungla is a power set in these dances, in these claims to invoke their gods. In this, one feels its power, its domination ..., its natural and spiritual wonder. The power of greatness and ancestors.
- Program Note (in translation) from score
The composer writes, “Jungla is a symphonic poem set to dances of various African tribes. The work is meant to depict the belief in the power and greatness of nature and the tribal ancestors. Drumming is an integral part of these honorary and celebratory rituals. This is the third work in a trilogy of pieces that focuses on the African forests.”
- Program Note by Dominic Talanca for the Lone Star Wind Symphony concert program, 16 July 2015
Awards
- Jungla has been recommended as interesting, serious and distinctive music by members of the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE).
Media
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State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- State University of New York, Fredonia, Wind Orchestra (Donna Dolson, conductor) – 9 November 2022
- State University of New York, Fredonia, Wind Symphony (Donna Dolson, conductor) – 3 October 2019
- Lone Star Wind Orchestra (Dallas, Tex.) (Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor) – 16 July 2015 - WASBE Conference, San Jose, Calif.
- University of North Texas Wind Symphony (Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor) - 16 April 2015
- Banda Sinfónica Juvenil Simón Bolivar (Caracas, Venezuela) (Ferrer Ferran, conductor) - July 2013.
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Sonatur (Flex instrumentation) (2016)
All Wind Works
- 24 Horas Deportivas (2019)
- Abu Simbel (2009)
- Al Centenario (1998)
- Algemiz
- Ave Fénix (2020)
- Bravo, mestre! (1999)
- Canto a Unicef
- Castelo do Inferno
- Ceremonial
- Comic Overture (2001)
- Concert per a Orquesta de Vents I Procussió (2008)
- Concert No. 3 (2013)
- Concierto del Simún (1998)
- Concha Manzana (2018)
- Consuelo Ciscar (2003)
- Côte d'Or (1999)
- Desert Storm. See: Tormenta del Desierto
- Don Pajarita
- Dragut el Pirata (2018)
- Echo de la Montagne (2003)
- El Bosque Mágico (2002)
- El Brillo del Fénix (2020)
- El Coloso (2011)
- El Ingenioso Hidalgo (2005)
- El Misteri del Foc (2007)
- El Principito (2010)
- El Quijote (2015)
- El Rugir del Kimbo
- El Siervo de Yahvé (2010)
- Els Pecats Capitals (2004)
- En Un Lugar de la Mancha (2003)
- A Fairy Tale (2009/2012)
- Fuegos del Alma (2014)
- The Great Spirit (2010)
- Hydra Concerto (2001)
- IVAM (2007/2010)
- Jesús Chover (2019)
- Jordi Mayor (2019)
- Juana de Arco (2005)
- Jungla (2006)
- Junta Local Fallera de Cullera (2021)
- La Cuidad Sumergida. See: The Submerged City
- La Fallera (2017)
- La Inmortal (2000)
- La Passió de Crist (2001)
- La Rodana
- La Sombra del Cruzado (1997)
- La Torre de Hercules
- Las Aventuras del Principito (2010)
- Los Barbas (2012)
- Manolo Morla (2013)
- Mar i Bel (2000)
- Marta Alandete (2017)
- Miticaventura (2002)
- Musica i Poble (2000)
- Nelo el Sorlí (2014)
- O Camiño das Animas en Pena
- Olé Toronto (1998)
- Patricia Sanz (2022)
- Peter Pan (2016)
- Piccole Note (2016)
- Pinocchio (2007)
- Red Dragon
- Roberto Forés (2014)
- Salomón (2006)
- Santa Claus (2019)
- Sonatur (Flex instrumentation) (2016)
- The Submerged City (2000)
- Symphony No. 1. See: Tormenta del Desierto
- Symphony No. 2. See: La Passio de Crist
- Symphony No. 3. See: The Great Spirit
- Symphony No. 4. See: El Coloso
- Tormenta del Desierto (1999)
- Tyrannosaurus Rex (2012), from Bestiarium
- Xiquipirris
- Youth Funky (1998)
Resources
- Ferran, F.; Institut Valencia de la Musica (2008). Jungla : Poema Ambientado en la Selva Africana : Banda sinfónica [score]. Piles: Valencia, Spain.
- Rand, Catherine A. "Jungla." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 11, Compiled and edited by Richard Miles, 723-730. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2018.