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"O Fortuna" is a medieval Latin Goliardic poem which is part of the collection known as the Carmina Burana, written in the early 13th century. It is a complaint about Fortuna , the inexorable fate that rules both gods and mortals in Roman mythology .
Carl Orff in 1940 "O Fortuna" is a movement in Carl Orff's 1935–36 cantata Carmina Burana. It begins the opening and closing sections, both titled "Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi". The cantata is based on a medieval Goliardic poetry collection of the same name, from which the poem "O Fortuna" provides the words sung in the movement. It was well ...
Between 1935 and 1936, German composer Carl Orff composed music, also called Carmina Burana, for 24 of the poems. The single song "O Fortuna" (the Roman goddess of luck and fate), from the movement "Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi", is often heard in many popular settings such as films. Orff's composition has been performed by many ensembles.
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").
Music composed by Carl Orff. Original Latin lyrics adopted to English (C) B. Schott's Söhne by permission of European American Music "Destiny: Ruler of the World – The Wheel of Fortune ( O Fortuna )"
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.
The article Carl Orff's O Fortuna in popular culture was split from this article in August 2009. Today, User:Knowledgebattle merged it without discussion into this article again, and I reverted that merge and restored the status quo.
Estampie – Ave generosa, Stella splendens, O Fortuna * Eurielle – City of the Dead; European anthem (unofficial) Fabrizio De André – Laudate hominem (glory (to the) man) Faith and the Muse – Cantus, Chorus of the Furies; Finisterra – Totus Floreo; Franco Battiato – Delenda Carthago (Carthage Destroyed)