The selection covers a wide range of topics, as familiar in the 13th century as they are in the 21st century: the fickleness of fortune and wealth, the ephemeral nature of life, the joy of the return of Spring, and the pleasures and perils of drinking, gluttony, gambling and lust. Michel Hofmann, a young law student and Latin and Greek enthusiast, assisted Orff in the selection and organization of 24 of these poems into a libretto, mostly in Latin verse, with a small amount of Middle High German and Old Provençal. quod per sortem sternit fortem, mecum omnes plangite since Fate strikes down the strong, everyone weep with me nunc obdurat et tunc curat ludo mentis aciem, egestatem, potestatem mecum omnes plangite first oppresses and then soothes playing with mental. driven on and weighted down, always enslaved. "Orff first encountered the text in John Addington Symonds's 1884 publication Wine, Women and Song, which included English translations of 46 poems from the collection. est affectus et defectus semper in angaria. Hac in hora sine mora corde pulsum tangite quod per sortem.
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Its full Latin title is Carmina Burana: Cantiones profanæ cantoribus et choris cantandæ comitantibus instrumentis atque imaginibus magicis" Sors salutis et virtutis michi nunc contraria, est affectus et defectus semper in angaria. It is based on 24 of the poems found in the medieval collection Carmina Burana. "Carmina Burana is a scenic cantata composed by Carl Orff in 19.
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Mecum omnes plangite! everyone weep with me! Sternit fortem, strikes down the strong man, Semper dissolubilis, and always fades to nothing,Ĭorde pulsum tangite pluck the vibrating strings I had the pleasure of watching it from a box seat the the Broward Centre for the Performing Arts back in 1999, played by the Florida Philharmonic (defunct) led by maestro James Judd-it terrified me so much I couldn't sleep for days!-D)ĭissolvit ut glaciem. Medieval Latin - scholastic and poetic, not Italianate, more Germanic. The entire performance of Orff's Carmina Burana is gripping and spine-chilling.
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Corde pulsum tangite Quod per sortem Sternit fortem Mecum. Et defectus Semper in angaria Hac in hora Sine mora. Sors salutis Et virtutis Michi nunc contraria Est affectus. Michi quoque niteris Nunc per ludum Dorsum nudum Fero tui sceleris. Divano Divano re Divano blessi Divano blessia Divano blessia Divano Divano re Divano blessia Divano blessia Hac in hora Sine mora Corde pulsum tangite Quod per sortem Sternit fortem Mecum omnes plangite.
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Vana salus Semper dissolubilis Obumbrata Et velata. Est affectus Et defectus Semper in angaria Hac in hora Sine mora Corde pulsum tangite. ( O Fortuna! had re-gained popular attention when it was chosen as the theme song for the film, The Omen, the story of a child who was the Anti-Christ. Sors immanis Et inanis Rota tu volubilis Status malus.