FORTUNA IMPERATRIX MUNDI
Created on 13/01/2006Latest update on 03/11/2023
Artist: Carl Orff
Author: Carl Orff
Year: 1937
From the Carmina Burana, first performed in France that year. Based upon troubadour poetry from a 13th century manuscript, found in a Bavarian Benedictine abbey.
Covers:
- 1983:
Freek de Jonge [as De Mythe]
- 1983:
- 1991:
Fortuna [house version; n°1 NL & B as O Fortuna]
- 1992:
Apotheosis [idem; both this and Fortuna's dance version were succesfully sued by the Orff family]
- 1999:
Puff Daddy [sampled in Hate Me Now; hit UK & NL]
Numerous modern medieval music ensembles (like Ensemble Alegria in '91) detour the Orff interpretation and concentrate on the original Carmina manuscripts to come up with more authentic sounding music.
