Selections from the 'Carmina Burana'
A Verse Translation
$27.24
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
7 June 2007
Summary
A lively translation of the CARMINA BURANA
This is a selection from the 13th-century collection of secular Latin poems. Some are serious (e.g., 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’.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140444407 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140444408 |
| Author: | David Parlett |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 7 June 2007 |
| Weight: | 192g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 137mm x 16mm |
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About The Author
David Parlett
David Parlett, a former language-teacher and technical journalist, began freelancing in 1975 as a games inventor and author of books on games, a field in which he has built up an impressive international reputation. He is an accredited consultant on gaming terminology to the New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (1993) and regularly advises on the staging of card games in films and television productions. His many books include The Oxford History of Board Games (1999), The Oxford History of Card Games (1990), The Penguin Book Of Word Games (1982), The Penguin Book of Card Games (1979) and The Penguin Book of Patience (1979). David Parlett is a native of South London, where he still resides.
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