Fortune plango vulnera

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"Fortune plango vulnera" is a choral movement from Carl Orff’s cantata *Carmina Burana* that laments the wounds and fickleness inflicted by the goddess Fortune.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf choral movement
musical work
accompaniment orchestra
percussion
piano reduction (in some arrangements)
associatedComposerNationality German
associatedWork O Fortuna NERFINISHED
catalogueGrouping scenic cantata Carmina Burana NERFINISHED
composer Carl Orff NERFINISHED
compositionYear 1935–1936
countryOfOrigin Germany
cyclePosition second movement of Carmina Burana
genre cantata movement
intendedPerformanceContext concert performance
theatrical or staged performance of Carmina Burana
key D minor (commonly cited, may vary by edition)
language Latin
orchestrationFeature prominent percussion
strong brass writing
partOf Carmina Burana NERFINISHED
premiereCountry Germany NERFINISHED
premiereDate 8 June 1937
premierePlace Frankfurt am Main NERFINISHED
publisher Schott Music NERFINISHED
rightsHolder Schott Music (for standard editions) NERFINISHED
sectionOf “Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi” section of Carmina Burana NERFINISHED
style 20th-century tonal
neo-medieval
subject goddess Fortuna NERFINISHED
tempoCharacter dramatic
textAuthor anonymous medieval poet
textMeter accentual Latin verse
textOpening “Fortune plango vulnera”
textSource Carmina Burana (medieval manuscript) NERFINISHED
theme the fickleness of fortune
the power of Fortune
the wounds inflicted by fate
titleTranslationEnglish “I bewail the wounds of Fortune”
vocalForces baritone solo (optional, depending on edition/performance)
mixed choir
workPeriod 20th century
workTitleLanguage Latin

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Orff Carmina Burana notableMovement Fortune plango vulnera
subject surface form: Carmina Burana