He is a composer appointed by Nazi, replacing Jewish composer Mendelssohn. Orff was labeled as a "gray unacceptable molecule" by the American Anti-Nazi Committee, and later changed to a "gray but acceptable molecule". Orff also won some small prizes in Germany before he died in the 1980s. He died of depression.
Preface song 1 (taken from the wheel of fate at the beginning of the poetry collection and sung throughout the poem) (chorus