Carl Orff
Composer
1895 – 1982
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Who was Carl Orff?
Carl Orff was a 20th-century German composer, best known for his cantata Carmina Burana. In addition to his career as a composer, Orff developed an influential approach toward music education for children.
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- Born
- Jul 10, 1895
Munich - Also known as
- Orff, Carl
- Spouses
- Alice Solscher
(1920 - 1925) - Gertrud Willert
(1939 - 1953) - Luise Rinser
(1954 - 1959) - Liselotte Schmitz
(1960 - )
- Alice Solscher
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Bavarians
- Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Education
- Hochschule für Musik und Theater München
- Lived in
- Munich
- Died
- Mar 29, 1982
Munich
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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