Carl Orff, 1911 | ". . .a 20th-century German composer, best known for his cantata Carmina Burana. In addition to his career as a composer, Orff developed an influential approach of music education for children." "The variety of his works for stage in which he combined inspiration from Mediaeval mystery plays, folk tales from his Bavarian roots, fairy tales from around the world and Greek tragedy bears witness to creative power of one of most outstanding artistic personalities of 20th centur...