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Carmina Burana (12th C)

  • English: Songs from Benediktbeuern
  • Type: Song Collection

Carmina Burana is a medieval manuscript containing poems, 318 songs and two Latin plays that was discovered in a Benedictine monastery in southern Germany. Probably written by Goliards, wandering clerics and scholars, the works include moralizing poems and satires, love songs and spring songs, and drinking and gaming verses. - AsNotedIn




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  • Benediktbeuern, Bavaria Carmina Burana was discovered at the Benedictine monastery of Benediktbeuern in Bavaria.

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Y/M/D Association Description Place Locale Food Event
1230/00/00 "Carmina Burana" manuscript is written by two scribes in an gothic minuscule on 119 sheets of parchment.
1803/00/00 "Carmina Burana" is found in the Benedictine monastery of Benediktbeuern in Bavaria. The manuscript is now at the Bavarian State Library in Munich.

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Particulars for Carmina Burana (12th C):
Music Attribute Ancient Music, Ancient Instruments
Culture Holy Roman Empire union of Germany and the northern Italian principalities under a German emperor, 962 to 1806
Art Type Illuminated Manuscript handwritten book that has been decorated with gold or silver, brilliant colours, or elaborate design
Book type Manuscript hand written book
Era Medieval Europe period from collapse of the Roman Empire to the Renaissance
Art Type Orchestral Composition
Writing Type Poems
Narrative Arts Satire the use of humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity, hypocrisy or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
Art Type Song Collection an assembly of related songs
Music Vocal Music singing is the main focus of the a musical piece

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Language: Latin



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