With Carmina Burana, my collected works begin. Carl Orff More Quotes by Carl Orff More Quotes From Carl Orff 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. Carl Orff learningeducationchildren 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. Carl Orff speechmovementform Experience first, then intellectualize. Carl Orff firsts 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. Carl Orff ignorancedrinkinglatin 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. Carl Orff youhearttimechildren Tell me, I forget, show me, I remember, involve me, I understand. Carl Orff understandtellmeforgetremember
