Carl Orff
Carl Orff
Carl Orff
Carl Orff
Carl Orff
Carl Orff
Carl Orff
Carl Orff
Carl Orff
Carl Orff
Carl Orff
Carl Orff
Carl Orff
Carl Orff
Carl Orff
Carl Orff
Carl Orff
Carl Orff
Carl Orff
Carl Orff
Carl Orff
Carl Orff
Carl Orff
Carl Orff
Carl Orff
“Amor volat undique” is the 15th movement of Carl Orff’s cantata, Carmina Burana. It is the first song in the third section of the work, Cour d'Amours.
Carmina Burana is based on a collection of 13th-century secular songs, written mostly in Latin. The cantata premiered in Frankfurt in 1937, to hu...
Latina
[Solo per Soprano e Ragazzi]
Amor volat undique;
captus est libidine.
Iuvenes, iuvencule
coniunguntur merito.
Siqua sine socio,
caret omni gaudio;
tenet noctis infima
sub intimo
cordis in custodia;
fit res amarissima.
English
Love flies everywhere,
seized by desire.
Young men and women
are rightly coupled.
The girl without a lover
misses out on all the pleasures,
she keeps the dark night
hidden
in the depth of her heart;
it is the most bitter fate.
Amor volat undique (III. Cour d’Amours) was written by Carl Orff.
Carl Orff released Amor volat undique (III. Cour d’Amours) on Tue Jun 08 1937.