# Selections from the 'Carmina Burana'

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- Authors: [David Parlett](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-parlett)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2007-04-26

## Description

This is a selection from the 13the 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'.

## Editions

### Selections from the 'Carmina Burana'

- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4044-440-7
- Pages: 272
- Published: 2007-04-26
- Language: en_GB