Set Work:
Carmina Burana ‘O Fortuna’ by Carl Orff
But
First…..
The Modern Period 1900 - Present
‘My Bed’ by Tracy Emin
John Cage - 4’33’’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY7UK-6aaNA
Modern art and music...
- Pushes boundaries
- No rules, anything goes
- Forces the viewer / listener to work it out
As with every musical period, the music
reflects the time it was composed in.
O Fortuna - André Rieu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD3VsesSB
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Carmina Burana ‘O Fortuna’
-Written by the German Composer Carl
Orff
-Written in 1937
-Written during World War II
-It is a cantata
A Cantata is….
a composition for one or more voices
usually comprising solos, duets,
recitatives, and choruses and sung to
an instrumental accompaniment
A piece of music for voices
O Fortuna Score
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=927jSLrAJOs
Number of
beats in a
bar, in this
case 3.
What kind of
note gets one
beat. In this
case, the
Semibreve
Themes of the text in the work:
➔Love
➔Life
➔Church
➔Luck or fortune
Translated Lyrics
O Fortuna
velut luna
statu variabilis,
semper crescis
aut decrescis;
vita detestabilis
nunc obdurat
et tunc curat
ludo mentis aciem,
egestatem,
potestatem
dissolvit ut glaciem.
1
O Fortune,
like the moon
you are changeable,
always waxing
or waning;
hateful life
first oppresses
and then soothes
as fancy takes it;
poverty
and power
it melts them like ice
Translated Lyrics
Sors immanis
et inanis,
rota tu volubilis,
status malus,
vana salus
semper dissolubilis,
obumbrata
et velata
michi quoque niteris;
nunc per ludum
dorsum nudum
fero tui sceleris.
2
Fate – monstrous
and empty,
you whirling wheel,
stand malevolent,
well-being is vain
and always fades to nothing,
shadowed
and veiled
you plague me too;
now through trickery,
I bring my bare back
to your villainy.
Translated Lyrics
Sors salutis
et virtutis
michi nunc contraria,
est affectus
et defectus
semper in angaria.
Hac in hora
sine mora
corde pulsum tangite;
quod per sortem
sternit fortem,
mecum omnes plangite!
3
Fate, in health
and in virtue,
is against me,
driven on
and weighted down,
always enslaved.
So at this hour
without delay
pluck the vibrating string;
since Fate
strikes down the strong man,
everyone weep with me!
In your notes copies…
Write a definition for each of the following
terms:
1. Cantata
2. Poco stringendo
3. Tutti
4. Mode
5. Unitary
O Fortuna
Mood
Dynamics
Tempo
Performing
Medium
Piano Quartet
O Fortuna
Similarities
Differences
1812 Overture
Finale
Introduction:
O Fortuna,
Velut Luna,
statu variabilis
➔ Introduction bars 1-4
➔ Fortissimo
3
➔ Time signature 1
➔ Tonality: Minor (Lah
mode
➔ Performing Medium:
Full orchestra, SATB
chorus