Carl Orff

Professions :

Born :

July 10, 1895

Died :

March 29, 1982

Since the beginning of time, children have not liked to study. They would much rather play, and if you have their interests at heart, you will let them learn while they play.

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Elemental Music is never just music. It's bound up with movement, dance and speech, and so it is a form of music in which one must participate, in which one is involved not as a listener bust as a co-performer.

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Experience first, then intellectualize. by Carl Orff

Experience first, then intellectualize.

The subject matter covered in Carmina stays pretty basic: love, lust, the pleasures of drinking and the heightened moods evoked by springtime. These primitive and persistently relevant themes are nicely camouflaged by the Latin and old German texts, so the listener can actually feign ignorance while listening to virtually X-rated lyrics. (Veni Veni Venias! Come, come come now!)The music itself toggles between huge forces and a single voice, juxtaposing majesty and intimacy with ease.

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With Carmina Burana, my collected works begin. by Carl Orff

With Carmina Burana, my collected works begin.

Since the beginning of time, children have not liked to study. They would much rather play, and if you have their interests at heart, you will let them learn while they play; they will find that what they have mastered is child's play.

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Tell me, I forget, show me, I remember, involve me, I understand. by Carl Orff

Tell me, I forget, show me, I remember, involve me, I understand.

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