This is a classic work handed down from ancient times, written by the famous German composer Carl Orff (1895.7.1-1982.3.29).
Chinese translation:
Goddess of Destiny (* also translated as Wheel of Fortune)
Oh, fate is fickle
Like the moon
Sometimes it's full moon, sometimes it's incomplete
Hateful life
First, Then smooth
like being played by fate
no matter whether you are poor or powerful
you will eventually dissolve and disappear like ice
the absurd and empty fate
you are a vicious and cruel ship that keeps running
your life is happy and happy, and then it becomes empty
you hide in shadows and cover
you give me suffering and torture. Now I have to gamble on my luck
ask you for justice with my bare hands
My fate is obedient, and it is against me
My health and virtue, not all my frustration and frustration, and enslave my heart
At this moment, Don't hesitate to
pluck the heart-rending strings immediately
Because fate has defeated the strong
Everyone can only cry with me
The opera Carmina Burana
In 183, a manuscript containing 2 medieval poems and music works was found in a monastery in Bavaria, southern Germany. The manuscript was written in Latin. In 1847, a Bavarian scholar carefully edited the manuscript in the name of Song of Bran. Carl Orff began to compose music for Song of Bran when he was 42 years old, and he also incorporated a lot of poems into Happy, which is a classic song for both soloists and choirs. Undoubtedly, Song of Bran symbolizes a kind of belief and totem. One of the main symbols of Song of Bran is the wheel of fortune, which is in sharp contrast with the gloomy fate. It includes three scenes: human beings wake up in spring; Received a gift from nature; Reach the ultimate in wine and love. Karl Orff's music can resonate with lonely hearts in every corner of the world.
Song of Bran
The whole process is very fateful, and the long river of 6 years was firmly penetrated at that moment.
In the small town of Boylen, benedikt, in the Alps valley south of Munich, there is an ancient monastery that was built in 74. Because it is remote and secret, it is rarely damaged by war and other natural and man-made disasters. In the early 19th century, archaeologists found a large number of manuscripts of medieval poems written in Latin, Old German and Old French in this monastery. These manuscripts date back to 128. When was the poem written? Maybe earlier.
This poem has been waiting for many years, and if it is premiered in 1937, it has waited for at least 657 years. It is a collection of poems-a manuscript in a monastery. The concept of this "manuscript" is somewhat similar to that of the manuscript of A Dream of Red Mansions-according to the text of the Oxford Music Dictionary, it is "a student song whose nature is to indulge in drinking, women and love." These poems are obviously written by clergy, down-and-out literati and wandering students, and their bohemian spirit, praise for the decadent lifestyle and merciless ridicule for feudal society are surprising. It is a miracle that this kind of erotic poetry appeared in the Middle Ages centered on Christian culture, and the characteristics that the unknown authors of these poems are all religious figures such as monks are even more shocking. So it was later called "Latin Lyrics in the Middle Ages". Of course, the drinking, women and love written in this collection of poems were drinking, women and love 6 years ago. It is very essential, almost not the kind of drinking and women that modern people feel, not so unbearable.
This collection of poems has been hidden for six centuries, waiting for six centuries in a coarse cloth bag, under a damp mattress, or in a dusty pile of doctrinal files. It was not until Carl Orff sat down that he knew that a pair of wings of music would take him to the secular world.
As a musician, when he first read this collection of poems, he was immediately shocked and attracted by its touching power, especially the song "Wheel of Destiny" at the beginning of the volume, which gave him great enthusiasm and made him immediately have the idea of creating a musical work with these poems. After careful consideration, he selected 24 poems with the most secular feelings, and arranged these poems into three parts, namely, the first part of praising nature, the second part of singing in the pub and the third part of praising love, < P >, together with Destiny, the Queen of the World, which runs through from beginning to end, just formed the Song of Bran. Orff labeled this work as "a secular song for soloists, choirs and instrumental mucho to accompany the magical scenery" and called it "cantata", which requires performing in the form of stage works. Its huge compilation includes soprano, tenor and baritone solos, a large chorus with a small chorus and children's chorus, and a large orchestra with two pianos and a variety of percussion instruments. In the actual performance, it is often accompanied by scenery and clown dance scenes.
In Song of Bran, Orff shows highly personalized creative features and unique writing methods. He used a very simple technique, only with simple melody and powerful rhythm throughout, and abandoned complex ways such as counterpoint and the development of music subject. The conciseness and refinement in the music are impressive. The vocal part only uses the same degree, octave, third degree or fifth degree, and the tone is simple and easy to understand. Orff even abandons the principle of variation and often replaces it with a single and unchanging repetition. The tonal color is also very bright, avoiding complex chords, and only a few times there are tone sandhi. The melodic language of the works covers a wide range, from single melody songs and folk songs to Flamingo (a Spanish dance music, mucho note) songs and romantic operas, which embodies a colorful face. In the 193s, when music creation techniques became more and more complicated, it was unique to use such a simple writing method, which was inseparable from the ancient and simple spiritual elements in the theme of the works. The composer tried to reproduce the ideological content contained in poems hundreds of years ago with this kind of music, and showed the rhythm of ancient poems with strong rhythm and beautiful melody, which had a strong effect.
We can't say that Orff accurately reproduced what happened in the 13th century, and what happened in the 13th century that there was no time channel to carry it all back. But an ancient poem has indeed been reborn in Orff's music, which is based on the musician's imagination and creativity. Where there is imagination, there is a past. The past cannot be confirmed, and there is no need to confirm it.
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