Carmina Burana (For Chorus And Wind Band)

Carmina Burana (for Chorus and Wind Band - Score) ** By Carl Orff (1895-1982) ** Arranged by Juan Vicente Mas Quiles. Schott Harmonie Serie (Concert Band). Study Score. 220 pages. Schott Music #SHS8001. Published by Schott Music.

This arrangement, closely based on the original, was created to give choirs in areas with few symphony orchestras but substantial, high quality wind bands the chance to perform Carmina Burana. The vocal parts as well as the piano and percussion parts have been taken over unchanged from the original score. The Spaniard Juan Vicente Mas Quiles is an internationally famous expert for wind band music.

Carmina Burana, first performed in 1937, is based on an important collection of thirteenth-century poems found in the monastery of Benediktbeuren.

Carl Orff made selections from this collection and in robust and delicate musical colors painted a manifold picture of life.