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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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