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Carmina Burana is a cantata composed in 1935 and 1936 by Carl Orff, based on 24 poems from the medieval collection Carmina Burana.Its full Latin title is Carmina Burana: Cantiones profanae cantoribus et choris cantandae comitantibus instrumentis atque imaginibus magicis ("Songs of Beuern: Secular songs for singers and choruses to be sung together with instruments and magical images").
Catulli Carmina (Songs of Catullus) is a cantata by Carl Orff dating from 1940–1943. He described it as ludi scaenici (scenic plays). The work mostly sets poems of the Latin poet Catullus to music, with some text by the composer.
abaco - abacus; abat-jour - bedside lamp; abate - abbot; abbacchiato - depressed/down; abbacinare - to dazzle; abbacinato - dazzled; abbagliante - dazzling
Manrico Di quella pira l'orrendo foco Tutte le fibre m'arse, avvampò!... Empi, spegnetela, o ch'io fra poco Col sangue vostro la spegnerò... Era già figlio prima d'amarti,
"Sebben, crudele" is an aria from Antonio Caldara's 1710 opera, La costanza in amor vince l'inganno (Faithfulness in love conquers treachery). It comes from the third scene of the opera's first act, and is sung by the character Aminta, a nobleman whose wife is unfaithful.
The other three motets are based on three responsories for the Holy Week: [3] "Vinea mea electa" (Vine that I loved as my own), a responsory for the matins of Good Friday, "Tenebrae factae sunt" (Darkness fell upon the Earth), a responsory for the matins of Holy Saturday, and "Tristis est anima mea" (Sad is my soul and sorrowful), a responsory ...
" Lascia ch'io pianga" (Italian: [ˈlaʃʃa ˈkiːo ˈpjaŋɡa]; English: "Let Me Weep"), originally "Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa" (Italian: [ˈlaʃʃa la ˈspiːna ˈkɔʎʎi la ˈrɔːza]; English: "Leave the Thorn, Take the Rose"), is an Italian-language soprano aria by composer George Frideric Handel that has become a popular concert piece.
Originally, the lauda was a monophonic (single-voice) form, but a polyphonic type developed in the early fifteenth century. The early lauda was probably influenced by the music of the troubadours, since it shows similarities in rhythm, melodic style, and especially notation.