Berio, Luciano
(10/24/1925 - 5/27/2003)Luciano Berio occupied a leading position in 20th-century music, a pioneer in the use of electronic and avant-garde techniques of composition. He was married for some years to Cathy Berberian, a singer well known for her performances of contemporary music.
Instrumental Music
Berio’s works include a series of nine compositions under the title Sequenza for a series of solo instruments, some of them the basis of later elaboration.
Vocal Music
Several vocal works were written for Berio’s wife, Cathy Berberian. These include Circles, a setting of poems by e.e. cummings, and Sequenza III.
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Work Name | Category | Year Composed |
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A Bernstein Birthday Bouquet: For Lenny (LB.AM.LB.M.W.D.IS.LB) | Orchestral | 1988 |
Ah! he hadn't been there before … | Vocal | |
Allelujah II | Orchestral | 1958 |
Altra voce | Vocal | 1999 |
A-ronne | Vocal Ensemble | 1975 |
A-ronne | Vocal | 1975 |
Bukoliki (Bucolics) (arr. M. Frackiewicz for accordion) | Instrumental | 1962 |
Call | Chamber Music | 1985 |
Calmo e lontano: Libera nos | Vocal | |
Calmo (version for mezzo-soprano and 22 instruments) | Vocal | 1989 |
Canticum novissimi testamenti | Vocal | 1989 |
Canticum novissimi testamenti II | Choral - Sacred | 1989 |
Canzonetta | Instrumental | 1991 |
Chamber Music | Vocal | 1953 |
Chanson pour Pierre Boulez | Instrumental | 2000 |
Chemins I | Orchestral | 1964 |
Chemins II | Chamber Music | 1967 |
Chemins IIb | Orchestral | 1970 |
Chemins IV on Sequenza VII | Chamber Music | 1975 |
Chemins IV on Sequenza VII (arr. C. Delangle) | Chamber Music | 1975 |
Chemins V on Sequenza XI | Orchestral | 1992 |
Circles | Vocal | 1960 |
Clarinet that's the sound that's been hauting me … | Vocal |