Upcoming Performances & Anniversaries
Carl Orff
born: 07/10/1895
died: 03/29/1982
nationality: Germany
Upcoming:
Carmina Burana
12/04/2008 | LANXESS arena - Köln - Germany
Carmina Burana
Conductor: Thomas Hofmann
12/05/2008 | Aula des Ludwig-Wilhelm-Gymnasiums - Rastatt - Germany
Chronology
1895
Born in Munich on 20 July
1898
Birth of his sister Maria (Mia)
1900
First piano lessons
1901
Marsfeld School
1905
Ludwig High School
1907
Wittelsbacher High School
1910
Songs for voice and piano
1911
"Zarathustra" (after Nietzsche) for baritone, three male choirs and orchestra
1912
Studies at the Academy of Music
1913
"Gisei" (Das Opfer) music drama
1914
"Tanzende Faune", orchestral play
"Treibhauslieder". A tragedy after poems by Maurice Maeterlinck
Studies with Hermann Zilcher
"Treibhauslieder". A tragedy after poems by Maurice Maeterlinck
Studies with Hermann Zilcher
1915
Kapellmeister at the Munich Kammerspiele
1917
First version of "Ein Sommernachtstraum" (unfinished)
Military service. Narrowly escapes death by burial under rubble on the Eastern front.
Military service. Narrowly escapes death by burial under rubble on the Eastern front.
1918
Kapellmeister at the Mannheim Nationaltheater and the Darmstadt Hoftheater
1918
Music for Büchner´s "Leonce und Lena"
1919
Returns to Munich
Studies old masters, especially of the 16th and 17th centuries
Begins to teach private pupils
Lieder after texts by Klabund, Dehmel, Lenau and Nietzsche
Studies old masters, especially of the 16th and 17th centuries
Begins to teach private pupils
Lieder after texts by Klabund, Dehmel, Lenau and Nietzsche
1920
Studies with Heinrich Kaminski
Songs for voice and piano after texts by Franz Werfel
"Des Turmes Auferstehung" (Werfel) for two bass voices, large orchestra and organ
2nd version for two male choirs, large orchestra and organ
Draft of an arrangement of Bach´s "Kunst der Fuge" for several orchestras and choirs
Songs for voice and piano after texts by Franz Werfel
"Des Turmes Auferstehung" (Werfel) for two bass voices, large orchestra and organ
2nd version for two male choirs, large orchestra and organ
Draft of an arrangement of Bach´s "Kunst der Fuge" for several orchestras and choirs
1920
Married to Alice Solscher
1921
Birth of daughter Godela
Begins to study Monteverdi
Begins to study Monteverdi
1923
New dramaturgical and musical arrangement of Maonteverdi´s "L´Orfeo"
1924
Together with Dorothee Günther, founds the Günther School for gymnastics, rhythm, music and dance in Munich
1925
New arrangement of Monteverdi´s "Lamento d`Arianna"
17. April: World premiere of "Orpheus" (first version) at the Mannheim Nationaltheater
New arrangement of Monteverdi´s "Ballo delle Ingrate" (1608) (after the 7th and 8th book of madrigals) as satyr play of "Orpheus" under the title "Tanz der Spröden"
28 December: World premier of "Tanz der Spröden" (first verson) at the Karlsruhe Landestheater
17. April: World premiere of "Orpheus" (first version) at the Mannheim Nationaltheater
New arrangement of Monteverdi´s "Ballo delle Ingrate" (1608) (after the 7th and 8th book of madrigals) as satyr play of "Orpheus" under the title "Tanz der Spröden"
28 December: World premier of "Tanz der Spröden" (first verson) at the Karlsruhe Landestheater
1925
Organal cantus-firmus pieces
1927
"Kleines Konzert" for harpsichord, flute, oboe, bassoon, trumpet, trombone and percussion after lute pieces of the 16th century
1928
11 December: World premiere of "Kleines Konzert" in Munich, as part of the "Vereinigung für Zeitgenössische Musik"
"Entrata" (after William Byrd) for five-choir orchestra and organ
2nd version of "Ein Sommernachtstraum" (unfinished draft)
"Entrata" (after William Byrd) for five-choir orchestra and organ
2nd version of "Ein Sommernachtstraum" (unfinished draft)
1929
13 October: World premier of the 2nd version of "Orpheus" at the Munich Residenztheater
1930
Performance of "Entrata" using radio and loudspeakers by Hermann Scherchen in Königsberg
Cantatas after texts by Franz Werfel (Book of Works I )
Cantatas after texts by Franz Werfel (Book of Works I )
1930
Catulli Carmina I, II (choral pieces) Choral pieces after texts by Bert Brecht (Book of Works II )
1931
Publication of the first Schulwerk edition: "Orff-Schulwerk Elementare Musikübung" in collaboration with Gunild Keetman
1931
Plans for founding a "Münchner Turm- und Stadtmusik" (= ensemble of town musicians in Munich)
1932
Arrangement of Bavarian folk music with Kurt Huber
28. April: First Performance of the "St. Luke Passion" at the "Vereinigung für Zeitgenössische Musik" in Munich
28. April: First Performance of the "St. Luke Passion" at the "Vereinigung für Zeitgenössische Musik" in Munich
1932
Conductor of the Munich Bach Society
1933
Arrangement for stage and concert performance and presentation of Heinrich Schütz' " Historia der Auferstehung Jesu Christi" at the Bach Society
1937
8 June: "Carmina Burana", world premiere, Städtische Bühnen, Frankfurt am Main
1939
Married to Getrud Willert
1939
5 February: "Der Mond", world premiere wt the Munich Bayerische Staatsoper
14 October: "Ein Sommernachtstraum" (3rd version), first performance, Städtische Bühnen, Frankfurt am Main
14 October: "Ein Sommernachtstraum" (3rd version), first performance, Städtische Bühnen, Frankfurt am Main
1940
24 August: First performance of the "Entrata" (new version) in Frankfurt am Main
4 October: Performance of the 3rd version of "Orpheus" at the Dresden Staatsoper
30 November: Performance of all three Monteverdi works at the Reußisches Theater Gera
1943
20 February: "Die Kluge", world premiere, Städtische Bühnen, Frankfurt am Main
6 November: "Catulli Carmina", world premiere, Städtische Bühnen, Leipzig
4th Version of "Ein Sommernachtstraum" (not performed)
6 November: "Catulli Carmina", world premiere, Städtische Bühnen, Leipzig
4th Version of "Ein Sommernachtstraum" (not performed)
1947
15 June: " Die Bernauerin", world premiere, Württembergische Staatstheater, Stuttgart
1948
First Schulwerk broadcasts by the Bavarian Radio, "Die Weihnachtsgeschichte"
1949
9 August. "Antigonae", world premiere, Salzburg Felsenreitschule
1950
Publication of the 2nd Schulwerk edition "Musik für Kinder" in collaboration with Gunild Keetman
1950
Teaches composition at the Munich Staatliche Hochschule für Musik
1952
30 October: "Ein Sommernachtstraum" (5th version), first performance at the Darmstadt Landestheater
1953
14 February: "Trionfo di Afrodite", world premiere at the Teatro della Scala, Milan (in connection with "Carmina Burana" and "Catulli Carmina" under the title "Trionfi - Trittico teatrale")
20 October: "Astutuli", world premiere at the Munich Kammerspiele
20 October: "Astutuli", world premiere at the Munich Kammerspiele
1954
Married to Luise Rinser
1956
31 March: "Comoedia de Christi Resurrectione", first broadcast by the Bavarian Television Channel
3 August: "Die Sänger der Vorwelt", choral pieces after a text by Friedrich Schiller, world premiere in Stuttgart
4 December. " Nänie und Dithyrambe", choral pieces after texts by Friedrich Schiller, world premiere in Bremen
Member of the order "Pour le mérite" for science and arts
3 August: "Die Sänger der Vorwelt", choral pieces after a text by Friedrich Schiller, world premiere in Stuttgart
4 December. " Nänie und Dithyrambe", choral pieces after texts by Friedrich Schiller, world premiere in Bremen
Member of the order "Pour le mérite" for science and arts
1957
21 April: "Comoedia de Christi Resurrectione", world premiere of stage version, Württembergische Staatstheater, Stuttgart (Wieland Wagner)
1958
15 May: "Lamenti - Trittico teatrale liberamente tratto da opere di Claudio Monteverdi" First performance at the Schwetzingen Festival
1959
11 December: "Oedipus des Tyrann", world premiere at the Württembergische Staatstheater
Honorary doctorate from the University of Tübingen
Honorary doctorate from the University of Tübingen
1960
Marries Liselotte Schmitz
11 December: "Ludus de nato infante mirificus", world premiere at the Württembergische Staatstheater, Stuttgart
11 December: "Ludus de nato infante mirificus", world premiere at the Württembergische Staatstheater, Stuttgart
1961
Foundation of the seminar and centre for the Orff Schulwerk at the Salzburg Mozarteum
1962
Schulwerk lecture tours to Canada, Japan and Portugal
1963
Inauguration of the Orff Institute in Salzburg
12 March: "Ein Sommernachtstraum" (6th version), first performance at the Württembergische Staatstheater, Stuttgart
12 March: "Ein Sommernachtstraum" (6th version), first performance at the Württembergische Staatstheater, Stuttgart
1968
24 March: "Prometheus", world premiere at the Württembergische Staatstheater, Stuttgart
1972
Honorary doctorate from the University of Munich
Grand Cross with star and ribbon for Distinguished Service of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Grand Cross with star and ribbon for Distinguished Service of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
1973
20 August: "De temporum fine comedia", world premiere at the Salzburg Großes Festspielhaus
1974
Romano Guardini Award of the Catholic Academy in Bavaria
1975
Worked on the eight-volume documentation "Carl Orff und sein Werk"
1982
Dies in Munich on 29 March
Burried at the Schmerzhafte Kapelle of the Andechs monatery church on 3 April
Burried at the Schmerzhafte Kapelle of the Andechs monatery church on 3 April
