jan 1, 1937 - Carmina Burana
Description:
a scenic cantata composed in 1935 and 1936 by Carl Orff, based on 24 poems from the medieval collection Carmina Burana.His Carmina burana (1936) uses texts by medieval German clerics and students.
a. Orff deliberately imitates Medieval-sounding melodies (somewhat modal) and combines them with ostinatos.
b. He requires a huge orchestra, three choruses, and three soloists.
4. In spite of obvious sexual innuendos, the rousing music won approval as an official display piece for Nazi youth culture.
5. That the audience could bond with the work fulfilled ideas of Nazi aesthetics.
6. Carmina burana’s association with the Nazi youth movement raises questions as to how we should receive it now
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Date:
jan 1, 1937
Now
~ 88 years ago