Trionfo di Afrodite is a cantata written in 1951 by the German composer Carl Orff. It is the third and final installment in the Trionfi musical trilogy, which also includes Carmina Burana (1937) and Catulli Carmina (1943).
The composer, aquatint etching
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)