O Fortuna (Orff)
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"O Fortuna" is a movement in Carl Orff's 1935–36 cantata Carmina Burana. It begins the opening and closing sections, both titled "Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi". The cantata is based on a medieval Goliardi
Rota Fortunae in the Carmina Burana
Carl Orff in 1940
Carmina Burana wheel
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
O Fortuna (Orff)
…O Fortuna" is a movement in Carl Orff's 1935–36 cantata Carmina Burana. It begins the opening and closing sections, both titled "Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi". The cantata is based on a medieval Goliardic poetry collection of…
Cover of the score showing the Wheel of Fortune
Set design by Helmut Jürgens for a performance in Munich in 1959