"If the whole world was mine,/from the sea to the Rhine,/I would give it all up/if the Queen of England/would but lie in my arms" That verse was written by a group of goliards, and is a reflection of the theme of sex found throughout the larger collection.
"If the whole world was mine,/from the sea to the Rhine,/I would give it all up/if the Queen of England/would but lie in my arms" That verse was written by a group of goliards, and is a reflection of the theme of sex found throughout the larger collection. In that poetry collection we also find the exuberance of the drinking song, gambling and gluttony, and the stoic litany to Lady Luck, Fortune Imperatrix Mundi. For 10 points, name this collection of poems in Latin and Middle High German which had 25 of its verses set to music by composer Carl Orff?
"If the whole world was mine,/from the sea to the Rhine,/I would give it all up/if the Queen of England/would but lie in my arms" That verse was written by a group of goliards, and is a reflection of the theme of sex found throughout the larger collection.
Carmina Burana