Selections from the Carmina Burana : a verse translation

Author(s)

• Orff, Carl
• Parlett, David Sidney

Bibliographic Information

Selections from the Carmina Burana : a verse translation

[with notes and introduction by] David Parlett

（Penguin classics）

Penguin , Viking Penguin, 1986

• pbk.

Uniform Title

Carmina Burana

Note

Translated from the Latin

English translation of the libretto of the cantata by Carl Orff: p. [185]-201

Bibliography: p. [252]-256

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is a selection from the 13the century collection of secular latin poems. Some are serious (eg Crusade poems) but the majority are light, including many love poems. A number of items from the Carmina are well known as text for Carl Orff's 'Scenic Cantata'.

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Details

• NCID: BA12580397
• ISBN:
  • 0140444408
• LCCN: 86157878
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: lat
• Place of Publication: Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England,New York, N.Y., U.S.A.
• Pages/Volumes: 266 p.
• Size: 20 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PA8164
  • DC19 : 874/.03/08
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Latin poetry, Medieval and modern -- Translations into English
  • LCSH : English poetry -- Translations from Latin (Medieval and modern)
  • LCSH : Students' songs -- Texts
  • LCSH : Goliards -- Songs and music -- Texts
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00305646
• Uniform Title ID:
  • EA00008485