Carl Orff

Carl Orff

Known for: Sound
Biography: 1895-07-10
Deathday: 1982-03-29 (86 years old)

Biography

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.

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Known For
Sound

Birthday
1895-07-10

Deathday
1982-03-29 (86 years old)

Relationships
Alice Solscher (1920-01-01 - 1927-01-01), Gertrud Orff (1939-01-01 - 1953-01-01), Luise Rinser (1954-01-01 - 1959-01-01), Liselotte Orff (1960-01-01 - 1982-01-01)

Citizenships
German Empire, West Germany, Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany, Germany

Awards
honorary doctor of the University of Tübingen, honorary doctor of the University of Munich, honorary citizen of Munich, Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Romano Guardini award, Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt, Bavarian Order of Merit, Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art, National Prize of East Germany, Austrian Decoration for Science and Art, Bayerischer Poetentaler, Pour le Mérite

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Image credit: Orff-Zentrum München, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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