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Am Weynachtabend (1)Antigonae (excerpts) (2)
Antigonae (4)
Carmina Burana (chamber version arr. Wilhelm Killmayer) (1)
Carmina Burana (highlights) (1)
Carmina Burana: Suite 'Cantiones profanae' (arr. for Concert Band) (1)
Carmina Burana (50)
Catulli Carmina (4)
Die Bernauerin (The Bernauer Woman) (2)
Die Kluge (4)
Ein Sommernachtstraum (Midsummer Night's Dream) (1)
Frohlicher Ostersang (1)
Gisei - das Opfer (2)
Klage der Ariadne (1)
Oedipus der Tyrann (excerpts) (1)
Oedipus der Tyrann (3)
Orpheus (1)
Prometheus (1)
Quartet Movement, op.22 (1)
Sunt lacrimae rerum (1)
Trionfo di Aphrodite (3)
Wessobruner Gebet (1)
Carl Orff (July 10, 1895 – March 29, 1982) was a 20th-century German composer, best known for his cantata Carmina Burana (1937). In addition to his career as a composer, Orff developed an influential approach toward music education for children.
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