Carl Orff: Carmina Burana - "O Fortuna"
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Topic: Carl Orff: Carmina Burana - "O Fortuna"
Posted By: Panther
Subject: Carl Orff: Carmina Burana - "O Fortuna"
Date Posted: 18-Jan-2008 at 06:45
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF7_PhB9coo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF7_PhB9coo
The latin lyrics and english translation:
This darn song has haunted me for nearly my entire life. This is the only song i've ever encountered that has been able to make me shed a single tear! Anyone esle enjoy this song as much as i do?
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Posted By: Aelfgifu
Date Posted: 18-Jan-2008 at 16:09
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The Carmina Burana are originally songs students sang when travelling from one place of study to another by foot. We do not know the original melodies, but Orff's interpertation, although facinating, is probably as far from how it would have been as you get...
Although this one is about such dark matter as bad fortune, most are lightheaded songs about springtime, love and more carnal desires. Apparently there is even one song about a grilled rooster, sung from the pont of view of the rooster...
 So although the dramatic music of Orff fits O, Fortuna, I am not so sure it fits all lyrics. There is some info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmina_Burana - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmina_Burana
Personally I kinda like it, but I do not shed tears over it. What does make me cry, however, are some of the melodies of the soundtrack of Amelie. ------------- 
Women hold their councils of war in kitchens: the knives are there, and the cups of coffee, and the towels to dry the tears. |
Posted By: Seko
Date Posted: 18-Jan-2008 at 16:27
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The frist time I was introduced to Carmina Burana was through the movie Excalibur. That and Wagner's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6tterd%C3%A4mmerung - Götterdämmerung was featured in the film. Those tunes will raise the blood pressure of any battle loving movie goer. ------------- |
Posted By: Justinian
Date Posted: 18-Jan-2008 at 22:57
I've always thought highly of it.
Right you are.
Thats quite interesting Aelf, yes, I would imagine students would have sung a slightly different melody. ------------- "War is a cowardly escape from the problems of peace."--Thomas Mann 
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Posted By: Panther
Date Posted: 19-Jan-2008 at 02:18
That is absurdly hilarious!
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Posted By: Panther
Date Posted: 19-Jan-2008 at 02:21
You too Seko! Ok, i admit it.... i'm a sucker for any tune good enough that can raise my blood pressure while watching a war movie.
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Posted By: Panther
Date Posted: 19-Jan-2008 at 02:23
The company i am in that enjoy's this song, just keeps getting better and better!
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Posted By: ulrich von hutten
Date Posted: 19-Jan-2008 at 05:32
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Carl Orff, who died in 1982 in Munich, was the reason for my dislike of the music lessons at school..
but therefore i'll move this thread into modern culture... ------------- 
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Posted By: Panther
Date Posted: 19-Jan-2008 at 07:44
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Your right. The gentleman was modern. Just a little detail i didn't consider. I thought i understood he drew some of his inspiration from the poem's of the medieval past? No real big deal. Just thought i would clarify why i started it in the original thread.
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Posted By: xristar
Date Posted: 23-Jan-2008 at 00:09
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ahh... about 5 years ago, me and one very close friend of mine discovered this song (he found a CD of it). We listened to it fanatically. I actually studied for my whole 2nd Lykeion class (that's the 11th class) listening to this song. I learned the whole O Fortuna in latin, and parts of other nice parts of Carmina Burana as well. When watching this video, I realized I still remember much of the lyrics. 
I like Amelie soundrack too....stop laughing, I'M NOT GAY!  ------------- 
Defeat allows no explanation Victory needs none. It insults the dead when you treat life carelessly. |
Posted By: Giannis
Date Posted: 23-Jan-2008 at 07:58
I was introduced to Carmina Burana in the '80's, in one of the greatest moves of political communications in modern greek politics. The theme of Carmina Burana accompanied almost all of PASOK's rallies and it was magical. Thousands of people waiting for Andreas Papandreou to begin his speech and then the music started......
 -------------  Give me a place to stand and I will move the world.
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Posted By: Paul
Date Posted: 23-Jan-2008 at 09:13
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When I fink of the song, the pics go hand in hand....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uucj5xLRHQc&feature=related - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uucj5xLRHQc&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9irxJjkats -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9irxJjkat - ------------- Light blue touch paper and stand well back http://www.maquahuitl.co.uk - http://www.maquahuitl.co.uk http://www.toltecitztli.co.uk - http://www.toltecitztli.co.uk |
Posted By: xristar
Date Posted: 23-Jan-2008 at 09:17
Do you know the name of the piece that Nea Dimokratia uses at its rallies? -------------
Defeat allows no explanation Victory needs none. It insults the dead when you treat life carelessly. |
Posted By: Illirac
Date Posted: 29-Jan-2008 at 21:13
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This one is good, I bought the cd some year ago, and I was listening to this whole weeks ------------- For too long I've been parched of thirst and unable to quench it. |
Posted By: Peteratwar
Date Posted: 31-Jan-2008 at 10:01
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Some years ago, the BBC made a television program of Carmina Burana.
It was pretty good, never seen it since
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Posted By: Aelfgifu
Date Posted: 31-Jan-2008 at 16:07
I found it for you: ( I have the suspicion that the verses of the Latin and of the translation are not in the same order, though...2 and 3 seem to be reversed)
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Women hold their councils of war in kitchens: the knives are there, and the cups of coffee, and the towels to dry the tears. |
Posted By: Giannis
Date Posted: 01-Feb-2008 at 10:23
Back then it should be ''The chariots of fire'' by Vangelis Papathanasiou. ------------- Give me a place to stand and I will move the world.
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