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Carl Orff (10th July 1895–29th March 1982) was a German composer, most famous for his Carmina Burana (1937), and an important and influential music educator.
Orff was born in Munich and came from a Bavarian family that was very active in the German military. His father’s regimental band supposedly often played the compositions of the young Orff. He studied at the Munich Academy of Music until 1914, then served in the military during World War I. Afterwards he held various positions at opera houses in Mannheim and Darmstadt, later to return to Munich to further pursue his musical studies.
From 1925 Orff was the head of a department and co-founder of the Guenther School for gymnastics, music, and dance in Munich, where he worked with musical beginners. Having constant contact with children, this is where he developed his theories in music education.
While Orff’s association, or lack thereof, with the Nazi party has never been conclusively established, his Carmina Burana was hugely popular in Nazi Germany after its premiere in Frankfurt in 1937, receiving numerous performances (although one Nazi critic reviewed it savagely as “degenerate”, implying a connection with the contemporaneous, and infamous, exhibit of Entartete Kunst). He was one of the few German composers under the Nazi regime who responded to the official call to write new music for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, after the music of Felix Mendelssohn had been banned, which in itself suggests where his sympathies lay; others refused to cooperate in this.
Orff was born in Munich and came from a Bavarian family that was very active in the German military. His father’s regimental band supposedly often played the compositions of the young Orff. He studied at the Munich Academy of Music until 1914, then served in the military during World War I. Afterwards he held various positions at opera houses in Mannheim and Darmstadt, later to return to Munich to further pursue his musical studies.
From 1925 Orff was the head of a department and co-founder of the Guenther School for gymnastics, music, and dance in Munich, where he worked with musical beginners. Having constant contact with children, this is where he developed his theories in music education.
While Orff’s association, or lack thereof, with the Nazi party has never been conclusively established, his Carmina Burana was hugely popular in Nazi Germany after its premiere in Frankfurt in 1937, receiving numerous performances (although one Nazi critic reviewed it savagely as “degenerate”, implying a connection with the contemporaneous, and infamous, exhibit of Entartete Kunst). He was one of the few German composers under the Nazi regime who responded to the official call to write new music for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, after the music of Felix Mendelssohn had been banned, which in itself suggests where his sympathies lay; others refused to cooperate in this.
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VK1990 wrote:
Tanz
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opethianos wrote:
Apocalyptica is great!! [fail]
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metawirt wrote:
@hel1ch: I'm German and I like to doze off to Orff...
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hel1ch wrote:
DEUTSCHLAND ERWACHE!
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DarkDeamon wrote:
Apocalyptica is great!!
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hanihihi wrote:
Trionfi ♥
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LSDerrington wrote:
What was the name of the opera where one character yelled "Das ist das ende, das ende das ende!!"?
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henriquee_t88 wrote:
Just payed attention to the fact that he was born in 1895 and died in 1982. That must be crazy, all the things he may have witnessed in this timespan, like two world wars and most of the cold war.
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tim4tw wrote:
Orff composed stuff besides Carmina Burana? seems like a lie to me
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AlexEVG wrote:
Великолепная музыка
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Prince_GarA wrote:
apocalyptica <3 ♥
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Velanis wrote:
Потрясающая музыка
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panDerecki wrote:
@risteristevski "Der Mond" is best :-)
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SashaPrestig wrote:
Шикарен!
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Temperrra wrote:
Carmina Burana. Amazing. [2]
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risteristevski wrote:
Although Carmina Burana's quality is not bad at all, that musical piece is definitely overrated. I can't believe my eyes when I see the top tracks here. So, nobody likes Catulli Carmina/Trionfo di Afrodite, or his other masterpiece - "De Temporum Fine Comoedia"? For such a great composer as Carl Orff is, it is a shame that only one of his compositions is being worshiped, while his other masterworks are being ignored. Give them a try - it doesn't hurt at all. :)
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Marquis-manson wrote:
i was in loT of pressure when i heard O furtuna in 2001: A space odessey
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KeithKokain wrote:
This man is brutal.
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rod32lop wrote:
Carmina Burana é a trilha sonora do fim-do-mundo.
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Varyags wrote:
заебок))) вся трилогия слушается на одном дыхании))))
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