Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music
Carl Orff (1895-1982)
Bio
Carl Heinrich Maria Orff was born in Munich. His father was an officer in the Imperial German Army. Carl learned piano from his mother at a young age and was exposed to Wagner, Strauss, and Mahler as a child. He studied formally at the Munich Academy of Music but was most impacted by his personal study of Schoenberg and Debussy. He was drafted into the Kaiser's Army for WWI and then during WWII was forced into the Reichsmusikkammer. His relationship with Nazism is debated still today but he was cleared during denazification. He produced a large body of work for the stage and for musical pedagogy which is still used today.
Music
Carmina Burana
Gassenhauer (and other teaching compositions)
Dancing Fauns
Entrata for Orchestra
Satz für Streichquartett in C major
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