Orff

[awrf] /ɔrf/

noun

Carl, 1895–1982, German composer, conductor, and music educator.

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Orff

/ɔːf/

noun

Carl (karl). 1895–1982, German composer. His works include the secular oratorio Carmina Burana (1937) and the opera Antigone (1949)

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