Fascinating look into the life of a flawed man.

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Carl Orff, the composer who lived a monstrous lie
The creator of Carmina Burana hid an ugly secret about his betrayal of a friend under the Third Reich
Richard Morrison

The opening line of Carmina Burana – “O Fortuna!” – could hardly be more apt. Few composers felt themselves more at the mercy of capricious gods and twists of fate than its composer, Carl Orff. He was never a diehard Nazi; indeed, he looked with disdain on their oafish cultural values. Far from espousing the hounding of “inferior races”, he was fascinated by jazz and by what today we would call world music. Yet he rose to become one of the Third Reich’s top musicians.

more: http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article5366154.ece

I can count on the fingers of both hands the writers,musicians and other "creative"types who are impossible to live with,jealous,suspicious,insecure bastards that they are.

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