Carl orff biographycarl orff percussion
Carl orff biographycarl orff percussion
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Orff, Carl (1895–1982)
Primitivist musician.
Carl Orff was born in Munich on 10 July 1895. He studied at the Munich Academy and, beginning in 1920, with Heinrich Kaminski.
His compositions established a type of primitivism associated with ancient practices such as ostinato (the persistent repetition of a musical figure at the same pitch throughout a composition) and raw emotional expression to produce works that have a pagan, sensual excitement.
Orff scholars frequently mention the influence of Igor Stravinsky (especially Stravinsky's The Wedding and Oedipus Rex).
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Like Stravinsky and Olivier Messiaen among others, Orff regarded rhythm as the form-building element in music. His rhythm drew its strength from the simple patterns of folk tunes and peasant dances. He tended to avoid harmonic complexity and the intellectual attitudes inherent in contrapuntal writing.
Most works, especially his most performed work, Carmina burana (1937), were designed as pageants for