- 1895 Born on 10 July in Munich
- 1898 Birth of his sister Maria (Mia)
- 1900 First piano tuition and first recording of compositions on a slate
- 1905 Music composed for his own puppet theatre
- 1912-14 Studies at the Academy of Music in Munich
- 1914 Further studies with Hermann Zilcher
- 1916 Musical director of Munich Chamber Theatre
- 1917 Military service, trapped on the Eastern front
- 1918 Musical director in Mannheim and Darmstadt
- 1919 Study of old masters of the 16th and 17th century; private circle of students in Munich
- 1920-27 Married to Alice Solscher
- 1920 Studies with Heinrich Kaminski
- 1921 Birth of daughter Godela
- (Carl Orff 1921 with his daughter Godela)
- 1924 Foundation of Günther School in Munich
- 1925 First performance of new arrangement of ›L'Orfeo‹ by Monteverdi
- 1926 Begins cooperation with Gunild Keetman
- 1930 Performance of ›Entrata‹ originally by William Byrd
- 1931 First editions of Schulwerk
- 1932 Arrangement and adaptation of the St Lukas Passion attributed to Bach
- 1932-33 Musical director of Munich Bach Society
- 1936 Music for ›Olympic Festival‹: “Einzug und Reigen”
- 1937 First performance of ›Carmina Burana‹
- 1939-53 Married to Gertrud Willert
- 1939 First performance of ›Der Mond‹ and first performance of ›Ein Sommernachtstraum‹ (3rd version)
- 1943 First performance of ›Die Kluge‹ und ›Catulli Carmina‹
- 1944 Günther school closed down by the Nazis
- 1947 Receives music prize from the city of Munich; first performance of ›Bernauerin‹
- 1948 First school radio broadcasts ›Orff Schulwerk. Musik für Kinder‹
- 1949 First performance of ›Antigonae‹
- 1950-54 Schott Music publishes ›Orff Schulwerk. Musik für Kinder‹
- 1950-60 Director of master class for composition at the Music College in Munich
- 1953 First performance of ›Trionfo di Afrodite‹
- 1954-59 Married to Luise Rinser
- 1956 Member of the fraternity ›pour le mérite‹ for arts and sciences
- 1959 First performance of ›Oedipus der Tyrann‹; honorary professor of the University of Tübingen
- 1960 Married Liselotte Schmitz
- 1962, 1963 und 1966 Gives lectures on ›Schulwerk‹ abroad
- 1968 First performance of ›Prometheus‹
- 1972 Honorary professor of the University of Munich, awarded Great Cross of Merit by the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1973 First performance of ›De temporum fine comoedia‹
- 1975-81 Work on the documentation ›Carl Orff und sein Werk‹ in eight volumes
- 1982 Died on 29 March in Munich, buried in the Chapel of sorrow in the monastery church of Andechs
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