Orff Carmina Burana

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Orff's Carmina Burana is a 20th-century scenic cantata for chorus, soloists, and orchestra, famous for its powerful opening movement "O Fortuna" and its dramatic setting of medieval Latin and German texts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 20th-century composition ⓘ
choral work ⓘ
scenic cantata ⓘ
closingMovement O Fortuna ⓘ
composer Carl Orff ⓘ
dateComposed 1935 ⓘ
1936 ⓘ
firstPerformanceCountry Germany ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1937-06-08 ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace Frankfurt am Main ⓘ
firstPerformanceVenue Oper Frankfurt ⓘ
followedBy Catulli Carmina ⓘ
linked to: Catullus

Trionfo di Afrodite ⓘ
genre cantata ⓘ
secular cantata ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
Middle High German ⓘ
notableMovement Ave formosissima ⓘ
Dulcissime ⓘ
Fortune plango vulnera ⓘ
In trutina ⓘ
O Fortuna ⓘ
numberOfMovements 25 ⓘ
openingMovement O Fortuna ⓘ
partOfTrilogy Trionfi ⓘ
period 20th-century classical music ⓘ
placeComposed Germany ⓘ
publisher Schott Music ⓘ
scoring baritone solo ⓘ
boys' choir ⓘ
large orchestra ⓘ
mixed chorus ⓘ
percussion ensemble ⓘ
soprano solo ⓘ
tenor solo ⓘ
two pianos ⓘ
structure Blanziflor et Helena ⓘ
Cour d'amours ⓘ
Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi ⓘ
In Taberna ⓘ
Primo vere ⓘ
Uf dem Anger ⓘ
style prominent percussion ⓘ
rhythmic drive ⓘ
strong tonal centers ⓘ
textSource Carmina Burana medieval poems ⓘ
textTheme drinking ⓘ
fate ⓘ
fortune ⓘ
love ⓘ
spring ⓘ

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Westminster Symphonic Choir → repertoireIncludes → Orff Carmina Burana ⓘ
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra → notableRecording → Orff: Carmina Burana ⓘ
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Cleveland Orchestra Chorus → notableRepertoire → Orff: Carmina Burana ⓘ
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Carl Orff → notableWork → Carmina Burana ⓘ
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O Fortuna → partOf → Carmina Burana ⓘ
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O Fortuna → isFamousExcerptOf → Carmina Burana ⓘ
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Trionfi → hasPart → Carmina Burana ⓘ
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Trionfi → expandsOn → Carmina Burana ⓘ
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Trionfi → notablePart → Carmina Burana ⓘ
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Trionfi → hasSubseries → Carmina Burana ⓘ
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Trionfo di Afrodite → follows → Carmina Burana ⓘ
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Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi → partOf → Carmina Burana ⓘ
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Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi → openingMovementOf → Carmina Burana ⓘ
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Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi → closingMovementOf → Carmina Burana ⓘ
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Uf dem Anger → partOf → Carmina Burana ⓘ
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In Taberna → partOf → Carmina Burana ⓘ
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In Taberna → premieredWith → Carmina Burana 1937 premiere ⓘ
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In Taberna → belongsToCycle → scenic cantata Carmina Burana ⓘ
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Cour d'amours → partOf → Carmina Burana ⓘ
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Cour d'amours → partOf → scenic cantata Carmina Burana ⓘ
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Blanziflor et Helena → partOf → Carmina Burana ⓘ
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Blanziflor et Helena → associatedWorkTitle → Carmina Burana ⓘ
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Fortune plango vulnera → partOf → Carmina Burana ⓘ
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Fortune plango vulnera → catalogueGrouping → scenic cantata Carmina Burana ⓘ
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In trutina → partOf → Carmina Burana ⓘ
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In trutina → catalogueNumber → Trionfi: Carmina Burana, movement 19 ⓘ
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Dulcissime → partOf → Carmina Burana ⓘ
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Ave formosissima → partOf → Carmina Burana ⓘ
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