Selections from the Carmina Burana
Douban
ISBN: 9780140444407
author:
Anonymous
translator:
David Parlett
publishing house:
Penguin Classics
publication date: 1986
-5
series: Penguin Classics
price: USD 17.00
number of pages: 272
A New Verse Translation
Anonymous David Parlett
overview
This is a selection from the 13th century collection of secular Latin poems. Some are serious (eg "Crusade" poems) but the majority are light, including many love poems. A number of items from the Carmina are well known as text for Carl Orff's 'Scenic Cantata'.