2007-09-03 15:47:44 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Classical
Carmina Burana by Carl Orff contains the "O Fortuna" to which I believe you refer.
Carl Orff married Anna Helmholtz. They had one child, Carl Junior. Photos of Carl Jr and Anna together are affectionately known as "Little Orff and Annie"
2007-09-03 22:00:03 · answer #1 · answered by fredrick z 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Carmina Burana is not written by Mozart. it is an oratorio written in the 20th century. O Fortuna is the name of the opening and closing movement to the piece.
2007-09-03 18:51:17 · answer #2 · answered by Jimmy W 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've sung the Carmina Burana.
O Fortuna is both the first & last piece in the Carmina!
Very good to all those who know that Orff wrote this!
2007-09-04 05:00:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nice job, SW -- you didn't even read your own research.
Carmina Burana, as Beardo has related, is by Carl Orff. It opens and closes withe the chorus "O Fortuna".
It was writtne in 1936, many years after Mozart's death.
Question for Bob: This is the 4th of 5th time I have seen this piece misidentified as being composed by Mozart. Where did you get that notion, if I may ask?
2007-09-03 16:43:44 · answer #4 · answered by glinzek 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
its not mozart.... adesso o fortuna is part of the opera Carmina Burana ......Its a collection of poems and chants from the XII and XIII century,
Carmina Burana was composed by Carl Off in the XX century
2007-09-03 17:11:39 · answer #5 · answered by Konnie -chan 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That was Orff who wrote Carmina Burana. I sang that in college.
2007-09-07 05:30:38 · answer #6 · answered by alikij 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I saw Carmina Burana at The Fox Theatre in Atlanta several years ago and it was absolutely beautiful. I made one of my friends come with me, and she's not a fan of theatre so she went begrudgingly. When the performance ended, my friend was crying so hard she could not speak!
2007-09-06 00:37:44 · answer #7 · answered by tonya c 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you ever get an opportunity to see Carmina Burana performed live, DO IT!!! It is a true spectacle.
Carmina Burana is scored for 3 flutes (two doubling piccolo), 3 oboes (one doubling English horn), 3 clarinets in B flat and A (one doubling E flat clarinet, one doubling bass clarinet), 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns in F, 3 trumpets in B flat and C, 3 trombones, tuba, 2 pianos, celesta, a large percussion section and strings.
The percussion section consists of 5 timpani (one piccolo), 3 glockenspiels, xylophone, castanets, ratchet, 3 bells, triangle, antique cymbals, crash cymbals, sleigh bells, suspended cymbal, tam-tam, tubular bells, tambourine, 2 snare drums and bass drum.
The vocal parts include soprano solo, tenor solo, baritone solo, soli of 3 tenors, baritone, and 2 basses, a large mixed choir (soprano, alto, tenor, bass), a chamber choir (soprano, alto, tenor, bass) and a children's choir (ragazzi).
When I last saw a performance, there were over 150 musicians and choir members on stage.
2007-09-04 07:02:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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What I'm thinking of isn't exactly a song, but phrases uttered as dire threats. These occur in Richard Wagner's opera "Das Rheingold". On at least two occasions in the 3rd and 4th scenes, Alberich who has stolen the Rhinegold and had his brother Mime forge the magic, all powerful ring from it, threatens his horde of Nibelungs, dwarf slaves with dire retribution if they don't obey him. In the Solti, Vienna Philharmonic recording of this opera, these scenes are masterfully rendered: the terrified, piteous resultant screams of the threatened, scurrying away Nibelungs, is truly heartrending, and the orchestra goes absolutely wild. If you are able to listen to the above, I think you will agree: scary indeed. Alberich
2016-04-09 01:57:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I could SWEAR that every time this question comes up here (or something similar), the piece is mis-attributed to Mozart. Why on Earth do people think that Mozart wrote this piece?
Sorry for the rant.
2007-09-04 05:45:07 · answer #10 · answered by Edik 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋