![]() ![]() Michel Hofmann, a young law student and Latin and Greek enthusiast, assisted Orff in the selection and organization of 24 of these poems into a libretto, mostly in Latin verse, with a small amount of Middle High German and Old Provençal. Orff first encountered the text in John Addington Symonds's 1884 publication, Wine, Women, and Song, which included English translations of 46 poems from the collection. The best-known movement is "O Fortuna" that opens and closes the piece. 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 magic images.") Carmina Burana is part of Trionfi, the musical triptych that also includes the cantata Catulli Carmina and Trionfo di Afrodite. ![]() It is based on 24 of the poems found in the medieval collection Carmina Burana. For the collection of poems, see Carmina Burana.Ĭarmina Burana is a scenic cantata composed by Carl Orff between 19. This article is about Carl Orff's musical composition based on the medieval collection of poems.
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