Set Work: Carmina Burana ‘O Fortuna’ by Carl Orff
But First…..
The Modern Period Present
‘My Bed’ by Tracy Emin
John Cage - 4’33’’
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 sw
Carmina Burana ‘O Fortuna’ -Written by the German Composer Carl Orff -Written in 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
What kind of note gets one beat. In this case, the Semibreve Number of beats in a bar, in this case 3.
Themes of the text in the work: ➔ Love ➔ Life ➔ Church ➔ Luck or fortune
Translated Lyrics 1 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. 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 2 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. 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 3 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! 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 FortunaPiano Quartet Mood Dynamics Tempo Performing Medium
O Fortuna1812 Overture Finale Similarities Differences
Introduction: O Fortuna, Velut Luna, statu variabilis ➔ Introduction bars 1-4 ➔ Fortissimo ➔ Time signature ➔ Tonality: Minor (Lah mode ➔ Performing Medium: Full orchestra, SATB chorus 3131