Carl Orff
1895
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1982
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
genre: opera
country of citizenship: German Empire, Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany, West Germany, Germany
educated at: Hochschule für Musik und Theater München, Wittelsbacher-Gymnasium München, Eberhard-Ludwigs-Gymnasium, Mozarteum University Salzburg
occupation: composer, musicologist, music teacher, university teacher, music theorist, librettist
award received: Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, honorary citizen of Munich, Bavarian Order of Merit, National Prize of East Germany, Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt, Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art, Bayerischer Poetentaler, Austrian Decoration for Science and Art, honorary doctor of the University of Munich, honorary doctor of the University of Tübingen, Pour le Mérite, Romano Guardini award
student of: Hermann Zilcher
official website: www.orff.de/start.html
Carl Heinrich Maria Orff (German: [ɔʁf]; 10 July 1895 – 29 March 1982) was a German composer and music educator, who composed the cantata Carmina Burana (1937). The concepts of his Schulwerk were influential for children's music education. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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