Orff

American

[awrf] / ɔrf /

noun

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

Orff British

/ 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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Carl Orff composed “Carmina Burana” in 1936, drawing upon a disparate collection of poetry and songs, mostly in Latin and mostly by anonymous writers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2025

Orff wrote the piece in Germany during the Nazi regime, and it was very popular with the Nazis — harmonizing uncomfortably well with their testosterone-fueled propaganda.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2025

“There's no living thing, except jellyfish, that can survive the temperatures that we've seen in the Gulf,” warns Orff.

From National Geographic ● Oct. 20, 2023

The Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra played with organic unpredictability yet skilled precision, and brought animalistic intensity to the Orff.

From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2022

West African music also integrates literature, movement, body percussion, rhyme, and music, so the Orff approach is probably the most applicable teaching method.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

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