| Catulli Carmina | |
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| Scenic cantata by Carl Orff | |
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| Description | ludi scaenici (scenic plays) |
| Language | Latin |
| Based on | Poetry of Catullus |
| Premiere | 6 November 1943 |
Catulli Carmina (Songs of Catullus) is a cantata by Carl Orff dating from 1940–1943. He described it as ludi scaenici (scenic plays). The work mostly sets poems of the Latin poet Catullus to music, with some text by the composer. Catulli Carmina is part of Trionfi, the musical triptych that also includes the Carmina Burana and Trionfo di Afrodite. It is scored for a full mixed choir, soprano and tenor soloists, and an entirely percussive orchestra – possibly inspired by Stravinsky's Les noces[1] – consisting of four pianos, timpani, bass drum, 3 tambourines, triangle, castanets, maracas, suspended and crash cymbals, antique cymbal (without specified pitch), tam-tam, lithophone, metallophone, 2 glockenspiels, wood block, xylophone, and tenor xylophone/low xylophone.
- ^ "Carl Orff: Catulli Carmina (1943) / Trionfo di Afrodite (1953). By Hans Jörg Jans, Orff-Zentrum, Munich". American Symphony Orchestra. Archived from the original on 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2009-06-18.