Mousikokinitiki:Orff system is a philosophy

Orff 4 kids

Their melodies, rhythms and, with them, text appear in a union of words and music.About his Antigone (1949), Orff said specifically that it was not an opera, rather a Vertonung, a "musical setting" of the ancient tragedy.

The text is an excellent German translation, by Friedrich Hölderlin,of the Sophocles play of the same name.

The orchestration relies heavily on the percussion section, and is otherwise fairly simple.It has been labelled by some as minimalistic,which is most adequate in terms of the melodic line. The story of Antigone has a haunting similarity to the history of Sophie Scholl, heroine of the White Rose, and Orff may have been memorializing her in his opera.

Orff's last work, De Temporum Fine Comoedia ("A Play of the End of Time"), had its premiere at the Salzburg music festival on August 20, 1973, performed by Herbert von Karajan and the Cologne Radio Symphony

Orchestra and Chorus.

In this highly personal work,Orff presented a mystery play, in which he summarized his view on the end of time,sung in Greek, German, and Latin.Musica Poetica, which Orff composed with Gunild Keetman, was used as the theme music for Terrence Malick's 1973 film Badlands.Hans Zimmer later reworked this music for his 1993 True Romance score.It is however his work that inspired an entire system in the musical education.The system ORFF.In 1924 with Dorothee Gunther greates: "GUNTHERSCHULE ''.In 1950-1954 with the help of Gunild Keetman

he completes the fivevolumes of' ' MUSIC FOR CHILDREN ''.Orff's ideas were developed, together with Gunild Keetman, into a very innovative approach to music education for children, known as the Orff Schulwerk. The music is elemental and combines movement, singing,playing and improvisation.

"Tell me...I forget... show me..I. remember...Involve me...I understand." Carl Orff".

From 1960 ORFF system acquires its official representative in Salzburgthe Institute ORFF as a department of Gove government owned Musical Dramatic University "MOZARTEUM" .

Orff system is a philosophy, though, not just a choral program or the nstruments the children play.