Carmina Burana (Orff)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Carmina Burana is a scenic cantata composed by Carl Orff in 1935 and 1936. It is based on 24 of the poems found in the medieval collection Carmina Burana. Its full Latin title is Carmina Burana: Cantiones profan cantoribus et choris cantand comitantibus instrumentis atque imaginibus magicis ("Songs of Beuern: Secular songs for singers and choruses to be sung together with instruments and magic images.") Carmina Burana is part of Trionfi, the musical triptych that also includes the cantata Catulli Carmina and Trionfo di Afrodite. The best-known movement is "Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi" ("O Fortuna") that opens and closes the piece.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 5510774754
• ISBN13: 9785510774757
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Book on Demand Ltd.
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"