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Carl Orff

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German composer

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Carl Orff
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According to Wikipedia, Carl Heinrich Maria Orff was a German composer and music educator, who composed the cantata Carmina Burana . The concepts of his Schulwerk were influential for children's music education. Life Early life Carl Heinrich Maria Orff was born in Munich on 10 July 1895, the son of Paula Orff and Heinrich Orff . His family was Bavarian and was active in the Imperial German Army; his father was an army officer with strong musical interests, and his mother was a trained pianist. His grandfathers, Carl von Orff and Karl Köstler , were both major generals and also scholars. His paternal grandmother, Fanny Orff , was Catholic of Jewish descent. His maternal grandmother was Maria Köstler . Orff had one sibling, a younger sister named Maria , who married the architect Alwin Seifert in 1924.

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