how Carmina Burana, based on Benedictine poems, travelled from Bavaria to a beer ad
- Written by Peter Tregear, Principal Fellow, The University of Melbourne
shutterstockCarl Orff’s Carmina Burana is one of only a handful of 20th century classical concert pieces that can claim to have become embedded in popular culture. Its opening movement in particular has featured in epic film battle scenes, coffee, beer and cologne commercials, dancefloor hits and even inspired an internet meme about misheard...





