Carl Heinrich Maria Orff (German: [kaʁl ˈɔʁf] ⓘ; 10 July 1895 – 29 March 1982 [1]) was a German composer and music educator, [2] who composed the cantata Carmina Burana (1937). [3] The concepts of his Schulwerk were influential for children's music education .

Carl Orff was a German composer known particularly for his operas and dramatic works and for his innovations in music education. Orff studied at the Munich Academy of Music and with the German composer Heinrich Kaminski and later conducted in Munich, Mannheim, and Darmstadt.

2008年12月19日 · The American asked Orff if he could think of a single thing he had done to stand up to Hitler, or to distance himself from the policies of the Third Reich? Orff had done nothing of that kind....

Carl Orff was a legendary German composer best known for his operas and dramatic works. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, family life, achievements and other facts related to his life.

Carl Orff (July 10, 1895 – March 29, 1982) was a German composer. Today, he is perhaps best remembered for his work Carmina Burana . Carmina Burana is a collection of texts from the Middle Ages .

2018年5月9日 · Orff, Carl, eminent German composer and music educator; b. Munich, July 10, 1895; d. there, March 29, 1982. He began piano lessons in his fifth year, and later studied at the Munich Academy of Music (1912–14) and with Helmut Zilcher (1914).

The work of German composer Carl Orff predates the late twentieth- century renewal of interest in the haunting, unusual melodies of medieval-era religious music by several decades.

His approach, known as the Orff-Schulwerk, was based on an elemental approach to music-making. Using simple instruments like recorders and small percussion instruments to encourage improvisation and experimentation, it is today one of the world’s most widely used methods of music education.

German composer Carl Orff (1895-1982) was born and educated in Munich. He became a conductor in various opera houses in the city, as he was developing his unique style of composition. His first major success, Carmina Burana (1937), illustrates his dedication to the expression of text with music, and rhythm with dance.

Born in 1895 to an old Bavarian family, composer Carl Orff studied piano and cello while still a young boy. He later studied at the Munich Academy of Music, graduating in 1914. Orff is known primarily for one work: his oratorio, Carmina Burana.