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What did Carl Orff do?

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After studying at the Academy of Music at Munich, he helped to found the Günter School there in 1924. As a composer Orff wished to simplify music, to return to its primitive components. He attempted to adapt old monodic forms to modern tastes, employing dissonant counterpoint and vigorous rhythms. From 1960 he was head of the Orff School for Music in Munich. His work in music education has attracted a considerable following in the United States.

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