Carl Heinrich Maria Orff was a German composer and music educator, who composed the cantata Carmina Burana (1937). The concepts of his Schulwerk were influential for children's music education.
Carl Orff, c. 1970
Orff in 1940
Orff's grave at the Andechs Abbey church
Bust of Carl Orff in the Munich Hall of Fame (2009)
A cantata is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements, often involving a choir.
Soloquartet and strings