Selections from the Carmina Burana: A New Verse Translation

by Anonymous

Other authorsDavid Parlett (Translator), Betty Radice (Editor)
Paperback, 1988

Status

Available

Call number

874.0308

Tags

Penguin Classics, Penguin black 2, Middle Ages, Latin literature, music, poetry, fiction, troubadours

Genres

Collection

Your library

Publication

Penguin Classics (1988), Paperback, 272 pages

Description

This is a selection from the 13the century collection of secular latin poems. Some are serious (eg Crusade poems) but the majority are light, including many love poems. A number of items from the Carmina are well known as text for Carl Orff's 'Scenic Cantata'. .

Subjects

Goliards Songs and music Texts
Goliards Texts
Latin poetry, Medieval and modern Translations into English
Songs, Latin (Medieval and modern) Translations into English
Students' songs Europe Texts

Language

English

Physical description

272 p.; 7.64 inches

ISBN

0140444408 / 9780140444407

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