Orff’s version of “Carmina Burana” is still used in television advertisements and programs.
His 1937 presentation has been interpreted by many other composers and was very popular in Nazi Germany. 'Carmina Burana' composer: ORFF: Don Jos in 'Carmen,' e.g. Carl Orff based the lyrics of his composition on the 24 poems chosen from “Carmina Burana,” but did not use the original melodies. “Supplementum” features revisions of the earlier songs with altered text. According to, the poems were composed by a special band of wandering poets called “goliards.” The manuscript is separated into six sections: “Carmina ecclesiastica,” “Carmina moralia et satirica,” “Carmina amatory,” “Carmina potoria,” “Ludi” and “Supplementum.” The sections cover religious themes, satirical songs, love songs, drinking songs and religious plays. Carl Orff conceived his work as a mass theatrical performance in the style of medieval mysteries and folk performances of the ancient Bavarian theatre.
It has been determined that while the poems were found there, it is likely “Carmina Burana” originated in the Seckau Abbey. “Carmina Burana” was discovered in 1803 in the Bavarian monastery of Benediktbeuern. Up until this point, Orff had only been known to the general public as a musical educationalist and specialist for ancient music and only achieved his. Carmina Burana, (Latin: Songs of Benediktbeuern) cantata for orchestra, chorus, and vocal soloists by the German composer Carl Orff that premiered in. In 1935, German composer Carl Orff used 24 of the poems to create a musical composition of the same name. The poems were of a secular nature, a rarity for medieval times. In writing Carmina Burana, he found his own, unmistakable style.
He was past forty years old and more prominent in his native Munich as a music educator than a composer. When Orff discovered the Carmina Burana for himself, the poems changed his entire career. Carmina Burana is a cantata composed in 19 by Carl Orff, based on 24 poems from the medieval collection Carmina Burana.Its full Latin title is Carmina Burana: Cantiones profanae cantoribus et choris cantandae comitantibus instrumentis atque imaginibus magicis ('Songs of Beuern: Secular songs for singers and choruses to be sung together with instruments and magical images'). At stake in Carmina burana and the sequels is the question of Orffs explicit. “Carmina Burana” is a collection of 228 poems written by three German medieval scribes by the names of Peter of Blois, Walter of Chatillon and an anonymous poet known as the Archpoet. The poems comprise religious, political, moral, erotic, Bacchic and Satirical verses. Carl Orff does not deserve to be considered a one-work composer like Leoncavallo.
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