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Karadeniz

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4. And then there are the hidden poems discovered in the Benedictbuern monastary, some of
Mon Aug 19, 2019, 06:36 PM
Aug 2019

Which were set to music by Carl Orf as the Carmina Burana. O Fortuna is probably the best known, since its tune is used in every other ad or movie. They are lusty, fun (gambling, drinking, girl chasing) poems. One that a professor told me about, not part of the C.B., Said that the students were taught to emulate their betters...so they'd better go to town and chase young boys! The Catholic churchmen's proclivities have been an open secret since(before) the 12th century.

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