![]() Other texts used by Orff appear on folios 28v, 32r, 37r, 48v, 50r, 53v, 56v–57r, 59r–60v, 67v, 69v–72r, 84r, 87v, 97v, and 107v.īesides the illustration of the wheel of fortune (which was moved from a later position in the codex to become a frontispiece) there are several ornate illuminations or other drawings throughout the codex, for example at 39r, 64v, 72v, 77v, and several from 89v to 92r. The manuscript is of particular interest since Carl Orff used a number of texts from the codex in his cantata “Carmina Burana”: the song categorised as CB17 on folio 1r (p.1) is used as the opening and closing item in his cycle, “Fortuna imperatrix mundi” (Fortune, Empress of the World). ![]() ![]() Illuminated mediæval codex of over 200 Latin texts, authors usually anonymous, many with neumatic musical notation, authored in southern Germany and preserved until 1800 at Benediktbeuern in Bavaria. Orff uses an endlessly repeating orchestral accompaniment to suggest the relentless turning of the Wheel of Fortune. 博伊伦之歌 Cármina Burana Codex Buranus Imperatrix mundi Кодекс Буранус Burana Codex O Fortuna This is the most recognisable music from Carmina Burana and has been used in many other contexts to denote events of an epic or foreboding nature. ![]()
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