Texts to Art Songs and Choral Works by L. Berio
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Song Cycles, Collections, Symphonies, etc.:
- A-Ronne
- no. 1. a: ah: ha: hamm: anfang (Text: Edoardo Sanguineti) *
- no. 2. nel mezzo: in medio (Text: Edoardo Sanguineti) *
- no. 3. l'uomo ha un centro: qui est le sexe (Text: Edoardo Sanguineti) *
- Chamber Music
- no. 1. Strings in the earth and air (Text: James Joyce) FRE POL
- no. 2. Monotone (Text: James Joyce) FRE IRI
- no. 3. Winds of May, that dance on the sea (Text: James Joyce) FRE POL
- Circles
- no. 1. stinging/ gold swarms (Text: E. E. Cummings)
- no. 2. riverly is a flower (Text: E. E. Cummings)
- no. 3. n(o)w/ the (Text: E. E. Cummings) [x]*
- no. 4. riverly is a flower (Text: E. E. Cummings)
- no. 6. stinging/ gold swarms (Text: E. E. Cummings)
- Cries of London
- no. 1. These are the cries of London town
- no. 2. Where are ye fair maids
- no. 4. Garlic, good garlic
- no. 6. Money, penny come to me
- no. 7. Come (buy/ some (Text: Anonymous)
- Folk Songs
- no. 1. Black is the colour (Text: Volkslieder ) FRE IRI
- no. 2. I wonder as I wander (Text: John Jacob Niles) FRE FRE
- no. 3. Loosin yelav (Text: Volkslieder ) ENG
- no. 4. Rossignolet du bois (Text: Volkslieder ) ENG
- no. 5. A la femminisca (Text: Volkslieder )
- no. 6. La donna ideale (Text: Volkslieder ) ENG FRE
- no. 7. Ballo (Text: Volkslieder ) ENG FRE
- no. 8. Motetto de tristura (Text: Volkslieder )
- no. 9. Malurous qu'o uno fenno (Text: Volkslieder ) ENG FRE
- no. 10. Lo fiolairé (Text: Volkslieder ) ENG FRE
- no. 11. Azerbaijan love-song (Text: Volkslieder )
- Opus Number Zoo
- no. 1. Barn dance (Text: Rhoda Levine) *
- no. 2. The fawn (Text: Rhoda Levine) *
- no. 3. The grey mouse (Text: Rhoda Levine) *
- no. 4. Tom cats (Text: Rhoda Levine) *
- Quattro Canzoni Popolari
- no. 1. Dolce Cominciamento (Text: Sicilian, XIVth century)
- no. 2. La donna ideale (Text: Volkslieder ) ENG FRE
- no. 3. Avendo Gran Disio (Text: Jacopo da Lentini)
- no. 4. Ballo (Text: Volkslieder ) ENG FRE
All titles of vocal settings in Alphabetic order
- a: ah: ha: hamm: anfang (in A-Ronne) (Text: Edoardo Sanguineti) *
- A la femminisca (in Folk Songs) (Text: Volkslieder )
- Avendo Gran Disio (in Quattro Canzoni Popolari) (Text: Jacopo da Lentini)
- Azerbaijan love-song (in Folk Songs) (Text: Volkslieder )
- Ballo (in Folk Songs) (Text: Volkslieder ) ENG FRE
- Ballo (in Quattro Canzoni Popolari) (Text: Volkslieder ) ENG FRE
- Barn dance (in Opus Number Zoo) (Text: Rhoda Levine) *
- Black is the colour (in Folk Songs) (Text: Volkslieder ) FRE IRI
- Canticum Novissimi Testamenti II (Text: Edoardo Sanguineti) *
- Come (buy/ some (in Cries of London) (Text: Anonymous)
- Dolce Cominciamento (in Quattro Canzoni Popolari) (Text: Sicilian, XIVth century)
- Garlic, good garlic (in Cries of London)
- I wonder as I wander (in Folk Songs) (Text: John Jacob Niles) FRE FRE
- La donna ideale (in Folk Songs) (Text: Volkslieder ) ENG FRE
- La donna ideale (in Quattro Canzoni Popolari) (Text: Volkslieder ) ENG FRE
- Lo fiolairé (in Folk Songs) (Text: Volkslieder ) ENG FRE
- Loosin yelav (in Folk Songs) (Text: Volkslieder ) ENG
- l'uomo ha un centro: qui est le sexe (in A-Ronne) (Text: Edoardo Sanguineti) *
- Malurous qu'o uno fenno (in Folk Songs) (Text: Volkslieder ) ENG FRE
- Money, penny come to me (in Cries of London)
- Monotone (in Chamber Music) (Text: James Joyce) FRE IRI
- Motetto de tristura (in Folk Songs) (Text: Volkslieder )
- nel mezzo: in medio (in A-Ronne) (Text: Edoardo Sanguineti) *
- n(o)w/ the (in Circles) (Text: E. E. Cummings) [x]*
- riverly is a flower (in Circles) (Text: E. E. Cummings)
- riverly is a flower (in Circles) (Text: E. E. Cummings)
- Rossignolet du bois (in Folk Songs) (Text: Volkslieder ) ENG
- Sequenza III (Text: Markus Kutter) *
- stinging/ gold swarms (in Circles) (Text: E. E. Cummings)
- stinging/ gold swarms (in Circles) (Text: E. E. Cummings)
- Strings in the earth and air (in Chamber Music) (Text: James Joyce) FRE POL
- The fawn (in Opus Number Zoo) (Text: Rhoda Levine) *
- The grey mouse (in Opus Number Zoo) (Text: Rhoda Levine) *
- These are the cries of London town (in Cries of London)
- Tom cats (in Opus Number Zoo) (Text: Rhoda Levine) *
- Where are ye fair maids (in Cries of London)
- Winds of May, that dance on the sea (in Chamber Music) (Text: James Joyce) FRE POL
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