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13 unusual facts about Carl Orff


Heavy Metal Kings

The song features a sample from "Boiling Rage (Estuans Interius)" by German composer Carl Orff, taken from his famous cantata Carmina Burana, and a vocal sample from "Front Lines (Hell on Earth)" by Mobb Deep for the chorus.

Morbid Visions

The original vinyl pressings of Morbid Visions featured the first movement of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana ("O Fortuna") as an unnamed introduction.

No W

This version is 2:55 in length, and has all of the samples from Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana" removed.

Only Fools and Horses DVDs

The Miracle of Peckham: Music O Fortuna from Carmina Burana by Carl Orff is replaced when the vicar and Del first see the status weeping.

Music O Fortuna from Carmina Burana by Carl Orff is replaced when (in the dream sequence) the adult Damien looks at Rodney and says "...Uncle Rodney!".

Carmina Burana by Carl Orff is replaced when Damien looks at Rodney for the first time.

Orff

Carl Orff (1895–1982), a German composer, known for his teaching method, the Orff Schulwerk

Red Hot and Heavy

All music and lyrics written by Ronnie Atkins & Ken Hammer except track 1 by Carl Orff and track 10 by Phil Lynott.

Sandy Bull

An arrangement of Carl Orff's composition Carmina Burana for 5-string banjo appears on his first album and other musical fusions include his adaptation of Luiz Bonfá's "Manhã de Carnaval", a lengthy variation on "Memphis Tennessee" by Chuck Berry, and compositions derived from works of J. S. Bach and Roebuck Staples.

Staatsoper Stuttgart

Three operas by Carl Orff received their premieres there and the company has been associated with figures such as Wieland Wagner, Günther Rennert, Hans Werner Henze and Philip Glass.

The Singing Estate

In subsequent programmes they learned new pieces including Carl Orff's Carmina Burana; visited Italy, where they sang O Sole Mio with Italian tenor Franco Malapena; held a marquee concert in Blackbird Leys (singing Handel's Hallelujah chorus); travelled to Liverpool, where they rehearsed with a full orchestra for the first time and finally went to London for the big performance.

Time signature

Music educator Carl Orff proposed replacing the lower number of the time signature with an actual note image, as shown at right.

With Vilest of Worms to Dwell

(Note that "Lords of Bedlam" incorporates elements of Sergei Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet (Dance of the Knights) and "To Kingdom Come" includes portions from Carl Orff's rendition of the Carmina Burana).


Carlton Draught: Big Ad

Two choirs, one clad in maroon choir uniforms and the other in yellow choir uniforms, charge each other while singing new lyrics to the classic melody of "O Fortuna" from Carl Orff's Carmina Burana.

Christa Ludwig

Her vast repertory eventually grew to encompass Princess Eboli in Don Carlo which she sang at La Scala in Milan, in Salzburg and in Vienna, the title-role in Carmen, Ulrica (Un ballo in maschera), Monteverdi's Octavia (L'incoronazione di Poppea), Dido (Les Troyens), Kundry (Parsifal), Klytemnestra (Elektra) and contemporary roles by von Einem and Orff.

George Enescu Festival

The 2007 presentations ended with a performance of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana before an audience of over 4,000 at the Sala Palatului.

Hymne an Deutschland

Hermann Reutter composed its tune after Carl Orff, whom Heuss wanted to have as composer, had rejected the request and suggested Reutter instead.

Janice Harsanyi

Carl Orff (1895 - 1982) Performers: Janice Harsanyi (Soprano), Rudolf Petrak (Tenor), Harve Presnell (Baritone).

Josef Anton Riedl

Following a period of studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München and in courses given by Hermann Scherchen in Gravesano, Riedl, influenced by Carl Orff und Edgar Varèse, devoted himself as a composer particularly to percussion and Lautgedichte (sound poetry) (Schmidt 2001).

Julius Patzak

Patzak appeared in a number of operatic premieres, notably Richard Strauss's Friedenstag, Carl Orff's Der Mond and Gottfried von Einem's Dantons Tod.

Luciana Savignano

She has also interpreted Romeo and Juliet, Buak, Bolero, Swan Lake, The Taming of the Shrew, Cinderella, A la memoire (Mahler), Carmina Burana (Carl Orff) and Orpheus (Stravinsky).

Paul Kuën

He also appears on recordings of several rarely performed German operas such as Goetz's Der Widerspänstigen Zähmung, Lortzing's Die Beiden Schützen, Nicolai's Die Lustigen Weiber Von Windsor, and Orff's Der Mond, Die Kluge and Antigonae.

Reading Choral Society

The RCS programmed the twentieth-century’s most important choral works, including among many others Orff’s Carmina Burana, Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms, Ernest Bloch’s Sacred Service, and Honegger’s Le roi David.

Rousse Philharmonic Orchestra

In the rich performing history of the orchestra one can find major musical pieces, such as Prokofiev's Ivan Grozny and Alexander Nevsky, Stravinsky's Oedipus, Petrushka, and The Rite of Spring, Richard Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra, Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, etc.

St. Lawrence Choir

In 1999 and 2000, St. Lawrence Choir performed with the MSO and Charles Dutoit at Carnegie Hall and the Lincoln Center to critical acclaim, presenting works by Faure, Dallapiccola, Szymanowski, Orff, de Falla, and Theodorakis.

Vincent Monteil

He also conducted different ballets such as Orff's Carmina Burana (1999), Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet (2001) and many symphonic concerts with famous soloists like Marielle Nordmann, Patrice Fontanarosa, Paul Meyer, Bernard Soustrot, Jacques Taddei, Maxence Larrieu, Pascal Rogé and Gabriel Tacchino.