Carl Orff: Composer of Carmina Burana and Creator of Orff Schulwerk
German composer and music educator, renowned for his dramatic cantata 'Carmina Burana' and the influential Orff Schulwerk approach to music education.Born in Munich, Orff studied at the Munich Academy of Music. He gained international fame with the 1937 premiere of 'Carmina Burana', the first part of his 'Trionfi' trilogy. He dedicated much of his career to developing the Orff Schulwerk, a revolutionary method for teaching music to children emphasizing rhythm, movement, and improvisation usin...