Childhood and Youth
- Born on July 10, 1895 in Munich
- Sister Maria (Mai) born 1898
- Descended from an old family of officers and academics
- Both grandfathers were major generals and were active in different academic fields
- Carl Von Orff-geodesy, mathematics and astronomy
- Karl Kostler-historian
- Regular(Father) who was an officer, played the piano and a variety of string instruments
- Paula(Mother) was a trained pianist
- She recognized and encouraged the musical talent of her son
- Began piano lesson at age 5, followed by cello tuition two years later
- Attempted to learn organ in 1900
- Records of visits to concerts and the theater go back to 1903
- At the piano, he discovered a wide spectrum of individual rhythmic and tonal activity and invention at an early stage.
- Developed the need to record his inventions which he had created at the piano.