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Carmina Burana

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Carmina Burana

Medieval Latin verse miscellany compiled from the work of wandering 13th-century scholars and including secular (love songs and drinking songs) as well as religious verse. The composer Carl Orff wrote a cantata based on the material in 1937.



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At Montreal's Expo 67, Nault's Carmina Burana won wide acclaim.
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