Carmina Burana (Orff)
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Carmina Burana is a cantata composed in 1935 and 1936 by Carl Orff, based on 24 poems from the medieval collection Carmina Burana. Its full Latin title is Carmina Burana: Cantiones profanae cantoribus
Cover of the score showing the Wheel of Fortune
Rota fortunae (Wheel of Fortune) from the Codex Buranus
Set design by Helmut Jürgens for a performance in Munich in 1959
Cantata
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A cantata is a vocal composition with instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements.
Carmina Burana (Orff)
…Carmina Burana is a cantata composed in 1935 and 1936 by Carl Orff, based on 24 poems from the medieval collection Carmina Burana. Its full Latin title is Carmina Burana: Cantiones…
Soloquartet and strings