Nazi Era
- 1937 First performance of Carmina Burana Frankfurt, Germany
- Hugely popular with the Nazi party
- Given Orff's previous lack of commercial success, the monetary factor of Carmina Burana's acclaim was significant to him
- He was one of the few German composers under the Nazi regime who responded to the official call to write new incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream after the music of Felix Mendelssohn had been banned