Carl Orff

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Carl Orff
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A Famous German Composer of the Twentieth Century
By Lizzie Hoerauf
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• Carl Orff was born in Munich on July 10th 1895.
• As a child he was always very musically talented.
• Orff began learning piano at the age of five and
  cello at the age of seven.
• By the time he was nine years old, Orff was
  composing music for his puppet theater.
• From 1912 through 1914, Orff studied at the
  Munich academy of Music.

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• Carl Orffs family was full of old Bavarin
  officers and scholars.
• Both of Orffs grandfathers were major generals
• Orffs father, Heinrich was an officer.
• He also played the piano and various string
  instruments.
• Carl Orffs mother, Paula was a qualified
  pianist
• She was the one to recognize her sons musical
  talent and encourage it
• In 1917 Orff, following his familys footsteps,
  was enlisted for the military service in the
  First Bavarian Field Artillery regiment.
• While on the eastern front, Orff was buried alive
  and consequently ill.

Carl Orffs mother father and him all played the
piano
FAMILY
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Marriages

• Carl Orff was married four times
• Alice Solscher, a singer, from 1920 to 1927
• Alice gave birth to Orffs only child, a
  daughter named Godela, in 1921. Godela is
  currently an actress and elocution teacher.
• Gertrud Willert, the founder of Orff music
  therapy, from 1939 to 1953.
• Luise Rinser, a writer, from 1954 to 1959
• Liselotte Schmitz, who was nine years younger
  than Orffs daughter, from 1960 until his death.

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Carmina Burana

• Carl Orffs composing breakthrough and most
  famous composition was Carmina Burana
• Carmina Burana premiered in Frankfurt/Main in
  1937.
• It is the first of a trilogy that also includes
  Catulli Carmin (1943) and Triofo di Afrodite
  (1953)
• Carmina Burana was based off of medieval poetry
  found in a Bavarian monastery in 1803 written by
  the Goliards.

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?? Musical Studies ??

• After studying at the Munich Music Academy from
  1912 through 1914, Orff continued his musical
  studies with Hermann Zilcher, a German composer,
  pianist and music teacher
• Orff was the Kapellmeister, conductor, at the the
  Munich Chamber Theater in 1916
• While recovering from being buried alive in 1917,
  Orff was the Kapellmeister at the National
  Theater in Mannheim, and later at the Court
  Theater of the Grand Duchy of Darmstadt.
• In 1920 Orff studied with Heinrich Kaminski in
  Ried/Upper Bavaria.
• In 1924 Carl Orff co-founded the Günther School
  in Munich with Dorthee Günther

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Influence on Music Education

• Orffs most famous work in Music Education is
  Schulwerk, or Music for Children.
• In Orffs Schulwerk, there are no fixed standards
  for the curriculum.
• It is the teachers responsibility to adapt his
  work to fit the student.
• His ideas and suggestions featured in his
  Schulwerk allow it to be used from early
  childhood education to young adult
• The activities in Schulwerk avoid long
  theoretical introductions and try to make the
  learning as fun and bearable for kids.

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In The End

• Sadly, on March 29th, 1982 Carl Orff died at the
  age of 87
• He is buried in the Chapel of Sorrow in the
  monastery and pilgrimage church of Andechs.
• During his long life, Orff composd more than
  twelve pieces, and won several awards for his
  compositions
• The Carl Orff foundation maintains the artistic
  estate of Carl Orff and spreads his music and
  intelligence around the world.

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