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Carl Heinrich Maria Orff was born in Munich on 10 July 1895, the son of Paula Orff (née Köstler, 1872–1960) and Heinrich Orff (1869–1949). His family was Bavarian and was active in the Imperial German Army; his father was an army officer with strong musical interests, and his mother was a trained pianist.
De temporum fine comoedia (Latin for A Play on the End of Time) is a choral opera-oratorio by 20th-century German composer Carl Orff.His last large work, and a personal one, it took ten years to compile the text (1960 to 1970) and another two years to compose (1969 to 1971); he revised it in 1979 and again in 1981.
Die Kluge. Die Geschichte von dem König und der klugen Frau (The Wise [Girl]. The Story of the King and the Wise Woman) is an opera in 12 scenes written by Carl Orff. It premiered at the Frankfurt Opera, Germany, on 20 February 1943. Orff referred to this opera as a Märchenoper (fairy tale opera).
Der Goggolori is an opera in eight scenes and an epilogue by Wilfried Hiller to a German libretto by Michael Ende. [1] The work was dedicated to Carl Orff; it was first performed on 3 February 1985 at the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich.
Jürgen Maehder: Die Dramaturgie der Instrumente in den Antikenopern von Carl Orff. In: Thomas Rösch (ed.): Text, Musik, Szene – Das Musiktheater von Carl Orff. Schott, Mainz 2015, p. 197–229, ISBN 978-3-7957-0672-2. Pietro Massa: Carl Orffs Antikendramen und die Hölderlin-Rezeption im Deutschland der Nachkriegszeit.
Though classically Fortune's Wheel could be favourable and disadvantageous, medieval writers preferred to concentrate on the tragic aspect, dwelling on downfall of the mighty – serving to remind people of the temporality of earthly things. In the morality play Everyman (c. 1495), for instance, Death comes unexpectedly to claim the protagonist ...
For the sake of Kevin Von Erich, and for Kerry’s daughters. And for their children for years to come. February 22, 1993: Wrestler Kerry Von Erich’s funeral held at First Baptist Church in Dallas.
Carmina Burana by Carl Orff, in the movement Fortune plango vulnera. [14] Charon by Richard Barrett, in bars 51 and 68. [65] The Death of the Hired Man by Andrew Violette. [35] Fantasy by Andrew Violette. [66] Last Dance by Andrew Violette. [67] Lincolnshire Posy by Percy Grainger, in the fifth movement, "Lord Melbourne". [68]