The lion sleeps tonight

( In the jungle, the mighty jungle )

... Song auch bekannt unter dem Titel "Wimowee" (Text von Pete Seeger) ... ... Song auch verwendet in dem Zeichentrickfilm "König der Löwen" der Walt-Disney-Studios (USA) ...

Arr.: Gerlitz, Carsten (born in 1966) [ Germany ]
Peretti, Hugo (1916-1986) [ USA ]
Creatore, Luigi (1921-2015) [ USA ]

Mel.: Linda, Solomon (1909-1962) [ South Africa ] (1939)

Text by Weiss, George David (1921-2010) [USA] (1961)
Edition
Published by Helbling Musikverlag KG [Austria] , 2000 ; in 4 voices (384 p.)
Ref. : HI-C4967  (3 p.)
Editor or author of the restitution: Maierhofer, Lorenz
Type of material: Full score
Copyright : Melodie der Welt, Frankfurt/Main ; Memory Lane Music Corp.
ISMN/ISBN : 3-85061-096-9
 
Description
Text in: English
Epoque: 20th century
Genre-Style-Form: Partsong ; Secular
Type of Choir: SATB  (4 mixed voices )
Soloist(s): Sopran (1)  (1 soloist(s))
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5): 3
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E): C
Tonality: G major
Duration: 3.0 min.
Number of verses: 2
Musicological Sources: "Mbube" / Solomon den Linda
 

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