Post on 01-Apr-2015
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Composer: Carl Orff From: Carmina
BuranaTime Period: 20th
Century
O Fortuna20th Century1900-2000
•Still in the 20th century… kind of
•Style of this work is Neo-Classical •Written in the style of music from the classical period
•2 other important composers are •R. Vaughan Williams and •Leonard Bernstein
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• Carmina Burana means Songs of Beuern• Carmina Burana is a set of 24 poems• Poetry was written by monks in the 11th century
• Themes about drinking and bad behavior
• Carmina Burana is probably the most famous piece of music composed and premiered in Nazi Germany
• Orff is most well known for his contributions to music education. • The Orff method of music education uses very basic, everyday activities in the creation of music by young people.
• This includes singing in groups and performing vocal music, rhymes and playing instruments such as the xylophone, glockenspiel, and other percussive instruments
• The music created in the Orff method is largely improvisational
• Orff was first a percussionist, which is heard in the composition with it’s irregular rhythms
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