CARMINA BURANA MARKINGS

Please transfer in pencil all markings to your score before the first
rehearsal.
We will sing in German Latin:
for general rules: http://deptapp08.drexel.edu/chorus/austro-german
%20latin.pdf
for Carmina Burana specifically:
http://www.deercreekchorale.org/for_singers/audio3/Carmina
%20Pronunciation%20Guide.pdf
Please see below for text and translations. It is highly recommended
that you at least write in your score the general gist/mood of each
movement, if not the full translation.
for a side-by-side translation:
http://ciweb.org/phocadownload/Carmina_Burana_translation.pdf
for a more scholarly translation, with notes:
http://www.tylatin.org/extras/index.html
In general, Orff is quite clear in the articulation he desires for the text.
That is, please follow all legato, staccato, accent, tenuto, etc. markings
when studying your music.
rehearsal number/mm.
O Fortuna (#1)
tenuto
Fortune plango (#2)
a
quarter
12/2
becomes dotted
Ecce gratum (#5)
quarter
27/2
31/2
35/2
Floret silva (#7)
breath
preceding by an eighth

instruction

all half notes marked with both staccato and

become long quarter notes
all breath marks shorten the preceding note by
quarter note
all half notes marked staccato become long
notes
all parts; second whole note in measure
half note
all half notes marked staccato become long
notes
cut off on the downbeat
cut off on the downbeat
cut off on the downbeat
generally, in this movement, all commas and
marks imply shortening the note

exceptions include: 45/8, 9 (et) and

(ist), in which the note preceding
by a quarter
generally, in this movement, all commas and
marks imply shortening the note
quarter, unless it is not possible, for example
for each verse, make the note with a comma

54/2, 3
is shortened
Chramer (#*8)
breath
preceding by a
61/3/2
an eighth
Swaz hie gat umbe in these sections, shorten notes preceding
punctuation
by an eighth
Were diu werlt (#10)
in this movement, shorten all notes preceding
a breath
mark by a quarter, unless it is not possible, in
which
case it should be shortened by a eighth
Olim lacus colueram (#12)
the mordents in the coro section should
be sung as
three very quick notes: written note, note
below,
written note
Amor volat undique (#15)
due to the absence of children, sopranos
and altos
should sing the sections marked Ragazzi
Circa mea pectora (#18)
the two breath marks should shorten the
preceding
dotted half by a quarter; otherwise, shorten
liet or
niet always by an eighth
Veni, veni venias (#20) when it splits into two choruses, Coro I should
make all
half notes preceding breath marks quarter
notes
Tempus (#22)
n.b. some sopranos may be asked to sing the
Ragazzi
line
Ave formosissima (#24)
WATCH!
O Fortuna (#25)
all half notes marked with both staccato and
tenuto
become long quarter notes