Rudyard Kipling was a British author born in India in 1865. He is known for writing stories and poems about life in India, including his most famous work "The Jungle Book". The Jungle Book tells the story of Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves in the jungle, and his adventures with his animal friends like Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther. This document provides background on Kipling and an overview of the plot of The Jungle Book, and includes musical interpretations of some poems from the story performed by students.

1. RUDYARD KIPLING
“THE JUNGLE BOOK”
MUSICAL INTERPRETATION OF SOME
POEMS OF THE BOOK.
IES MARIA CEGARRA SALCEDO

2. THE AUTHOR
Rudyard Kipling was born in 1865 in India. He
spoke both Hindustani and English. At the age
of six he was brought to foster parents in
England but he returned to India at age of 17
and started to work at the Civil and Military
Gazette of Lahore. For this paper he began to
write stories and poems.
 In 1889 Kipling returned to England. In
London he enjoyed tremendous literary
success with his stories about life in India.
 In 1907 Kipling became the first English
writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize. He died
in 1936.

3. “THE JUNGLE BOOK” PLOT
The book is about the relationship of a man, a young boy called
Mowgli and the animals in the jungle.
When Mowgli was a baby, Shere Khan, a bad tiger caught him
and took him into the jungle. All animals in the jungle are afraid of
Shere Khan. He is a man-eater and he would like to eat Mowgli. But
Mowgli is able to escape.
A wolf family helps Mowgli and they also take care of him. Mowgli
learns to live in the jungle.
Mowgli’s best friends are Baloo, the sleepy bear, and Bagherra,
the black panther. They help Mowgli in every situation.
But the time comes, when Mowgli should go away and escape
from Shere Khan. So Mowgli goes to a village to learn the people’s
language and their life style. Shere Khan goes to the village where
Mowgli finally kills him.
Then he goes back to the jungle, because the village people think
that Mowgli is bad. Mowgli is very glad to be in the jungle and he lives
there for the rest of his life.

4. Each chapter begins and finishes with a poem.
We have chosen some poems of this book, which
has been musically interpreted by some of our
students from the first year “bachillerato”.
Notice how the music tries to represent the animal
character in each poem. The music tries to imitate the
characteristics of each animal, their sounds, their way
of walking, etc.

5. Tiger--Tiger!
What of the hunting, hunter bold?
Brother, the watch was long and cold.
What of the quarry ye went to kill?
Brother, he crops in the jungle still.
Where is the power that made your
pride?
Brother, it ebbs from my flank and side.
Where is the haste that ye hurry by?
Brother, I go to my lair to die!

6. MOWGLI´S BROTHERS “THE WOLVES”
 That Mang the Bat sets free–
 The herds are shut in byre and hut
 Now Rann the Kite brings home the night
 For loosed till dawn are we.
 This is the hour of pride and power,
 Talon and tush and claw.
 Oh, hear the call!--Good hunting all
 That keep the Jungle Law!
 Night-Song in the Jungle

7. RIKKI TIKKI TABBI “THE MONGOOSE”
 At the hole where he went in
Red-Eye called to Wrinkle-Skin.
Hear what little Red-Eye saith:
``Nag, come up and dance with death!''Eye to eye
and head to head,
(Keep the measure, Nag.)
This shall end when one is dead;
(At thy pleasure, Nag.)
Turn for turn and twist for twist-
(Run and hide thee, Nag.)
Hah! The hooded Death has missed!
(Woe betide thee, Nag!)

8. HORSES´SONG IN THE PARADE
 Cavalry Horses
By the brand on my withers, the finest of tunes
Is played by the Lancers, Hussars, and Dragoons,
And it's sweeter than "Stables" or "Water" to me,
The Cavalry Canter of "Bonnie Dundee!"
Then feed us and break us and handle and groom,
And give us good riders and plenty of room,
And launch us in column of squadron and see
The Way of the War-horse to "Bonnie Dundee!"

9. TOOMAI OF THE ELEPHANTS
 I will remember what I was. I am sick of rope and chain--
I will remember my old strength and all my forest-affairs.
I will not sell my back to man for a bundle of sugarcane.
I will go out to my own kind, and the wood-folk in their
lairs.
I will go out until the day, until the morning break,
Out to the winds 'untainted kiss, the waters' clean
caress.
I will forget my ankle-ring and snap my picket-stake.
I will revisit my lost loves, and playmates masterless!

10. DARZEE´S SONG (TAILORBIRD)
Singer and tailor am I--
Doubled the joys that I know--
Proud of my lilt to the sky,
Proud of the house that I sew--
Over and under, so weave I my music--so weave I the house
that
I sew.
Sing to your fledglings again,
Mother, O lift up your head!
Evil that plagued us is slain,
Death in the garden lies dead.
Terror that hid in the roses is impotent--flung on the dung-hill
and dead!

11. Who hath delivered us, who?
Tell me his nest and his name.
Rikki, the valiant, the true,
Tikki, with eyeballs of flame,
Rik-tikki-tikki, the ivory-fanged, the Hunter with
eyeballs of
flame.
Give him the Thanks of the Birds,
Bowing with tail-feathers spread!
Praise him in nightingale-words--
Nay, I will praise him instead.
I will sing you the praise of the bottle-tailed Rikki
with
eyeballs of red!