Carl Orffs beruhmtes, auf einer Sammlung mittelalterlicher Texte basierendes Werk in einer Klavierversion von Eric Chumachenco. Diese Transkription ist kein Klavierauszug. was Vokalsolisten und Chor singen, wird genauso in den Klang einbezogen wie der Orchesterpart.
Orffs Melos schwingt hier auf Tasten aus. Der archaisierende, neobarbarische Rhythmus verbindet sich mit der pragnanten, mal modalen, mal diatonischen Melodik zu einer pianistischen Siktion, die auch sinnliche Klangfulle nicht scheut. (als CD bei Wergo erhaltlich unter Best.-Nr. WER 6217-2).

English.

Carl Orff devoted much of his life to the development of a philosophy of Music for Children, based on his belief that music is the natural outcome of speech, rhythm and movement. His ideas and pioneering work have had a major influence on music and dance education throughout the world and today that work continues under the guidance of leading teachers and educators in many countries. The five basic German volumes of Music for Children by Carl Orff and Gunild Keetman were published between 1950 and 1954. Editions have since been published in Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Ghana, Great Britain (including a special Welsh edition), Greece, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latin-America, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan and the USA. In 1952 the first edition in translation appeared an English language adaptation by Doreen Hall and Arnold Walter for their Canadian and American students. A few years later, Margaret Murray independently developed a version (1957-1966), essentially to fulfil the needs of United Kingdom teachers. Inevitably the considerable growth of Orff-Schulwerk in the United States led to the publication of the American Edition (1977) to satisfy the requirements of a different educational system and national heritage. Orff-Schulwerk: Music for Children has proved itself to be a stimulating source of material for music teaching. Carl Orff's fundamental educational ideas have revitalized music education in nursery schools, at all levels of primary and secondary education and in special music schools, based on the concepts that: - music, dance and language are inter-related and animated through rhythm. - when children discover, invent, improvise and compose, their experience of music is intensified. These creative activities are complementary to those of interpreting and listening to music. - all who take part are encouraged to contribute, not only vocally but also instrumentally. - the Orff approach to music education is many sided. it is concerned with practical music-making, it provides fundamental experiences and it lays the foundation for a comprehensive musical training. - movement games and activities for body awareness in space, time and flow, lead to movement improvisation and dance forms. - music and dance have been notated in many different ways in history. Various ways of writing down sounds and music, as well as playing from and interpreting different kinds of sources are being explored. Today, countless teachers and institutions are using these ideas. More and more teachers look for ways of involving their students in active music making. In particular, they seek to challenge their pupils' creativity by the use of music, dance and speech - as media of human expression - as a foundation of all education. A prerequisite for work in Orff-Schulwerk is the artistic and pedagogical training of teachers. The Orff Institute was founded in 1961 as a Department of the 'Mozarteum', in Salzburg, Austria. Training offered includes a four-year diploma course, a two-year post-graduate course, and a one-year-course in English. At the opening of the Orff Institute in Salzburg in 1963, Carl Orff ended his speech with a quotation from Schiller: 'I have done my part, now do yours.' That challenge has been taken up by teachers worldwide. Murray Edition English adaption, with additional material, by Margaret Murray. Besed on, and containing all the rhythmic and instrumental material from the main five volumes of the original German edition. Contents of this fifth volume: Songs and pieces making further use of the modes introduced in Vol. 4, with the addition of the more usual forms of the minor scale with the sharpened seventh. The settings of short dramatic scenes concludes the book.

German.

Orff-Schulwerk has been translated and adapted for use in many countries and there are editions in numerous languages, with a comprehensive range of supplementary material.
Those teachers using the various English editions will find here a rich and exciting source of traditional folk songs, dance melodies and original material from other countries, which will enlarge and enrich the activites and experiences of their pupils.

A miscallaneous collection of material: works not included in the original edition of Schulwerk, later compositions which reflect the developments of new forms, the use of new instruments (bass xylophones and metallophones) and the integration of traditional instruments (strings, wind, bass) plus a number of compositions written fo a recording series, are published here for the first time.

Latin - Middle High German - Old French.

Carl Orff's masterpiece composed in 1936 undoubtedly is one of the best-known musical creations throughout the world. By popular request, we now publish a comprehensive choral score uniting all choral parts in one volume of excellent quality and print. This choral score complements the hitherto available choral parts (ED 4920-01 and -02) presenting female and male voices in separate editions, as well as the piano score ED 2877. The new choral score makes rehearsing and studying this extraordinary work much easier for every singer and music lover.

Latin.

Carl Orff's masterpiece Carmina Burana composed in 1936 undoubtedly is one of the best-known musical creations throughout the world. By popular request, we now publish a separate edition of the opening chorus O Fortuna taken from the piano score (ED 2877) of the complete work. This new separate edition provides the opportunity to perform O Fortuna in a mixed concert.

This very recognisable and well known piece is often featured on television and in film. Gradually becoming more .emotional and culminating in a powerful final. Also available as a piano for .two hands: ED 22491.

Originally taken from the Orff Schulwerk, Gassenhauer has been featured in several .major films including Badlands (1973), Monster (2003), and more recently Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story.

One of the best-known and most popular musical pieces of the 20th century in an easily playable piano arrangement by the Orff pupil Hermann Regner. A fine opportunity to become better acquainted with the piece by playing it.