July 10 - Carl Orff (The Musical Birthday Series, 5th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for July 10th are found here: Carl Orff (2019), (2020), Jimmy McHugh; Jerry Herman (2021), and Carl Orff; Arlo Guthrie (2022)

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Carl Orff (10 July 1895 – 29 March 1982), though prolific, is largely remembered for his enduringly popular Carmina Burana, and his pedagogical Schulwerk.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On and Orff

“O Fortune, like the moon” – opening chorus of Orff’s Carmina Burana

“O Fortuna, velut luna”

Heed the warning of the choir!

Fortune plays a fickle tune, a

Day of ice, a day of fire!

“O Fortuna, velut luna”

First you’re lower, then you’re higher,

One day soaring, all too soon, a 

Change will come, you’re in the mire.

“O Fortuna, velut luna”

Life is but a tightrope wire,

Fortune bursts the rising balloon, a

Serf usurps his erstwhile sire.

“O Fortuna, velut luna”

It’s no use if you inquire;

Read the entrails, cast a rune, a-

-las! We’re all defeated by her.

 

 

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