The Lion Sleeps Tonight

0 Full Score A3 - 1 Full Score - 0 Flute - 0 Oboe - 0 Bassoon - 0 Clarinet Eb - 0 Clarinet Solo - 0 Clarinet I+II - 0 Bass Clarinet - 2 Soprano Saxophone - 4 Alto Saxophone - 2 Tenor Saxophone - 1 Baritone Saxophone - 8 Flugelhorn I and II - 8 Trumpet I + II - 2 Horn I + II F/Eb - 4 Trombone I + II C - 2 Trombone I and II Bb (BC/TC) - 1 Trombone Bass C - 2 Baritone C - 2 Baritone Bb (BC/TC) - 2 Baritone II C - 2 Baritone II Bb (BC/TC) - 2 Bas Bb (BC/TC) - 2 Bas Eb (BC/TC) - 2 Tuba C - 1 Percussion - 1 Drums

The Lion Sleeps Tonight is based on the African melody ‘Mbube', written in 1939. This melody can be heard in many various different forms all over Europe, for example in the popular musical ‘The Lion King'. In this arrangement a joke has been included. One by one, the musicians leave the stage, leaving the bass player alone, wondering where his colleagues have gone…….