Re: Carmina Burana (was help with medieval Latin)

Sally Caves wrote:

>I love Carl Orff's musical rendition of these poems.  My favorite one is
>about the forlorn swan ("Olim lacus colueram!) once beautiful, who has been
>killed and cooked, served by the dapifer, and who now approaches the
>gnashing teeth.  Oh where is my LP?  With all the lyrics?
>
>The collection combines sin and love (stetit puella!) in the most exquisite
>way, and medieval German and Latin.
>
>Sally
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One of my favorites, definitely.  I recently saw it performed by the
Sacramento Ballet with orchestra.  I feel sorry for the tenor who has to
sing "Olim lacus colueram!" entirely in falsetto.  My personal favorite is
the drinking song in the tavern: "Bibit hera, bibit herus, bibit miles,
bibit clerus..."  Hilarious!

--John Q.