Carl Orff's 24 selections from the 200 poems of the Carmina Burana celebrate the universal range of human emotion and passion, longing, exuberance, humor, rebellion, ennui, resignation. Now tender, now tragic; secular, yet reverent; the poems of the Carmina touch the chords of our purest and darkest spirituality. An excellent resource for the student, the performer, the audience, and the general reader, this dual-language edition provides two moving translations of the original Latin, facing vocabulary, and informative essays. This text will enrich understanding and heighten appreciation of these beloved medieval poems. Special Features * Original Latin poems with facing vocabulary, translation, and essays * Additional literary translation by Jeffery M. Duban * Featuring medieval woodcuts as well as 17 original illustrations by Thom Kapheim * Carmina Burana, with its provocative subject matter and evocative music, makes Latin a vibrant, living language! For over 30 years Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers has produced the highest quality Latin and ancient Greek books. From Dr. Seuss books in Latin to Plato's Apology, Bolchazy-Carducci's titles help readers learn about ancient Rome and Greece; the Latin and ancient Greek languages are alive and well with titles like Cicero's De Amicitia and Kaegi's Greek Grammar . We also feature a line of contemporary eastern European and WWII books. Some of the areas we publish in Selections From The Aeneid Latin Grammar & Pronunciation Greek Grammar & Pronunciation Texts Supporting Wheelock's Latin Classical author Vergil, Ovid, Horace, Catullus, Cicero Vocabulary Cards For AP Vergil, Ovid, Catullus, Horace Greek Mythology Greek Lexicon Slovak Culture And History