Carl Orff
publication date: Thursday, March 14, 2024 (part of March 2024)
category: 
Music
clue: If you learned to play a recorder in grade school, it was not part of a Nazi plot to teach you Carmina Burana... but that wouldn't be too far from the truth.
explanation: Orff, best known for his composition Carmina Burana, was a popular composer in Nazi Germany. There is no record of his involvement with the Nazi party, although there has been much speculation. He also developed a music education program for children that used simple instruments like recorders to give children hands-on experience playing music; the inexpensiveness of plastic recorders led to Orff's program being widely adopted in America. more…
intended difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, and LaVonne Lemler
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