Carmina Burana

Carmina Burana is a scenic cantata by German composer Carl Orff, composed in 1935–36 and first performed in 1937. Setting medieval Latin and Middle High German poetry to music, the work uses large forces — chorus, soloists and orchestra — and is characterised by driving rhythms, bold melodic motifs and ostinato-based textures, placing it as a central work in Orff's output and in 20th-century choral-orchestral repertoire.