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Selections from the Carmina Burana

A New Verse Translation

Author Anonymous
Edited by Betty Radice
Translated by David Parlett
Paperback
$17.00 US
Penguin Adult HC/TR | Penguin Classics
5.13"W x 7.76"H x 0.61"D   | 7 oz | 44 per carton
On sale May 06, 1986 | 272 Pages | 9780140444407
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A selection from the 13th century collection of secular Latin poems

Selections from the Carmina Burana includes dramatic poems about the Crusades, but the majority of the verses are light, including many love poems. A number of items from the collection are most well-known as the basis for Carl Orff's Carmina Burana cantada.

Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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A selection from the 13th century collection of secular Latin poems

Selections from the Carmina Burana includes dramatic poems about the Crusades, but the majority of the verses are light, including many love poems. A number of items from the collection are most well-known as the basis for Carl Orff's Carmina Burana cantada.

Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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