![]() In 1934, during the approach of World War II, Orff happened upon an 1847 edition of a manuscript entitled Carmina Burana (Latin for Songs of Beuern) by Johann Andreas Schmeller which consists of medieval poetry and satirical texts that were written in Latin and German by a group of nomadic, defrocked clergy known as the “Goliards.” The contents of the manuscript were filled with dramatic texts depicting nature, love, lust, and above all, fate and fortune. ![]() ![]() While Orff was not the most prolific composer of his time, Carmina Burana would become one of the most celebrated and performed works in recent history. Here’s a little background on the composer and the piece in advance of Long Beach Camerata Singers’ April 22 performance.Ĭarl Orff (1895-1982) was a German composer known mainly for his cantata Carmina Burana and his large contribution to music education. It is also the connection between past and present, the yanking of early medieval poetry into the present day and the universality of the human experience that we discovered in the process. ![]() Why is Carmina Burana so popular? Perhaps it is the simple, repeated melodies, and the insistent rhythms. ![]()
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