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Carmina Burana – from medieval Poetry to modern Classic

The story of the medieval Carmina Burana manuscript of 24 poems and how it became the inspiration and text for German Carl Orff's cantata, composed in 1935-36.

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23 minutes

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This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project