The manuscript is of particular interest since Carl Orff used a number of texts from the codex in his cantata “Carmina Burana”: the song categorised as CB17 on folio 1r (p.1) is used as the opening and closing item in his cycle, “Fortuna imperatrix mundi” (Fortune, Empress of the World). Illuminated mediæval codex of over 200 Latin texts, authors usually anonymous, many with neumatic musical notation, authored in southern Germany and preserved until 1800 at Benediktbeuern in Bavaria. 博伊伦之歌 Cármina Burana Codex Buranus Imperatrix mundi Кодекс Буранус Burana Codex Carmina Burana was in fact so popular that Orff received a commission in Frankfurt to compose incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream, which was supposed to replace the banned music by Mendelssohn. As an historical aside, Carmina Burana is probably the most famous piece of music composed and premiered in Nazi Germany. With the success of Carmina Burana, Orff disowned all of his previous works except for Catulli Carmina and the Entrata (an orchestration of "The Bells" by William Byrd (1539–1623)), which were rewritten until acceptable by Orff. The work's association with fascism also led Pier Paolo Pasolini to use the movement "Veris Leta Facies" to accompany the concluding scenes of torture and murder in his final film Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom.
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"Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi", commonly known as "O Fortuna", from Carmina Burana is often used to denote primal forces, for example in the Oliver Stone movie The Doors. Orff is most known for Carmina Burana (1937), a 'scenic cantata'. In addition to his career as a composer, Orff developed an influential method of music education for children.
The medieval poems, written in Latin and an early form of German, are often racy, but without descending into smut. Carl Orff (J March 29, 1982) was a 20th-century German composer, best known for his cantata Carmina Burana (1937). While "modern" in some of his compositional techniques, Orff was able to capture the spirit of the medieval period in this trilogy, with infectious rhythms and easy tonalities. The work was based on thirteenth-century poetry found in a manuscript dubbed the Codex latinus monacensis found in the Benedictine monastery of Benediktbeuern in 1803 and written by the Goliards this collection is also known as Carmina Burana. The composer described it as the celebration of the triumph of the human spirit through sexual and holistic balance. Together the trilogy is called Trionfi, or "Triumphs". Carmina Burana reflected his interest in medieval German poetry. It is the first of a trilogy that also includes Catulli Carmina and Trionfo di Afrodite. Orff is most known for Carmina Burana (1937), a "scenic cantata". Carl Orff (J– March 29, 1982) was a 20th-century German composer, best known for his cantata Carmina Burana (1937).