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Babbitt, Milton Benjamin, George Berg, Alban Berio, Luciano Boulez, Pierre

Berio, Luciano

Musical-theatrical works

• Tre modi per supportare la vita (Mimusique no.2) (azione scenica, 3, R. Leydi), 1952-5

• Allez-Hop! (racconto mimico, I. Calvino), 1952-9, rev., Bologna, 1968 

• Passaggio (messa in scena, Berio and E. Sanguineti), 1961-2

• Esposizione (azione scenica, Sanguineti), 1963; destroyed 

• Opera (3, Berio, after U. Eco, F. Colombo, A. Striggio, S. Yankowitz, with Open Theatre of New York), 1969-70; rev., Florence, Comunale, 28 May 1977 

• Per la dolce memoria di quel giorno (ballet, after Petrarch, choreog. Béjart), tape, 1974

• Linea (ballet, choreog. F. Blaska), 2 pf, mar, vib, 1974

• La vera storia (op, 2, I. Calvino and Berio), 1977-81

• Un re in ascolto (azione musicale, 2 pts, Berio, after Calvino, W.H. Auden, F. Einsiedel, F.W. Gotter), 1979-84

• Outis (azione musicale, D. Del Corno, Berio), 1995-6

• Cronaca del luogo (azione musicale, T. Pecker-Berio), 1998-9

Orchestral and large ensemble

• Preludio a una festa marina, str, 1944 

• Concertino, cl, vn, cel, hp, str, 1949 

• Mimusique no.2, 1952-3 [concert version of azione scenica] 

• Variazioni, chbr orch, 1953-4 

• Nones, 1954 

• Allelujah I, 6 groups, 1955; rev. as Allelujah II, 5 groups, 1957-8 

• Variazioni 'Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen', 2 basset hn, str, 1956 

• Divertimento, 1958, collab. Maderna; nos.2 'Scat rag' and 3 'Rhumba-ramble' [from Mimusique no.2] by Berio 

• Tempi concertati, fl, vn, 2 pf, small orch (in 4 groups), 1958-9 

• Quaderni I, 1959, II, 1961, III, 1961-2; incl. in Epifanie 

• Chemins I on Sequenza II, hp, orch, 1964 

• Chemins III on Chemins II, va, 9 insts, orch, 1968 

• Chemins IIb, small orch, 1969-70 [rev. of Chemins II] 

• Bewegung, 1971 

• Chemins IIc, b cl, small orch, 1972 [rev. of Chemins IIb], withdrawn 

• Concerto, 2 pf, orch, 1972-3 

• Still, 1973, withdrawn 

• Eindrücke, 1973-4 

• Après Visage, orch, tape, 1974, withdrawn 

• Points on the Curve to Find …, pf, 23 insts, 1974 

• Chemins IV on Sequenza VII, ob, str, 1975 

• Corale on Sequenza VIII, vn, 2 hn, str, 1975 

• Selezione, pf, chbr orch [from Conc., 2 pf, orch], withdrawn 

• Il ritorno degli snovidenia, vc, 30 insts, 1976-7 

• Encore, 1978 

• Requies, 1983-5 

• Formazioni, 1985-7, rev. 1988 

• Conc. II (Echoing Curves), pf, orch (in 2 groups), 1988-9 [incl. rev. pts of Points on the Curve to Find…] 

• Continuo, 1989 

• Schubert-Berio: Rendering, 1989 [on frags. of sym. by Schubert] 

• Festum, 1989 

• Chemins V on Sequenza XI, gui, chbr orch, 1992 

• Compass, ballet-recital, pf, orch, 1994 

• Vor, während, nach Zaide, 1995 [with projections of texts by Arruga] 

• Notturno, str, 1995 [after chbr work] 

• Re-Call, 23 insts, 1995 

• Kol-Od (Chemins VI on Sequenza X), tpt, chbr orch, 1995-6 

• Ekphrasis (Continuo II), 1996 

• Récit (Chemins VII on Sequenza IXb), a sax, orch, 1996 

• Alternatim, cl, va, orch, 1996-7 

Vocal-orchestral

• L'annunciazione (R.M. Rilke), S, chbr orch, 1945; unpubd 

• Magnificat, 2 S, SSAATB, orch, 1949 

• Epifanie (M. Proust, J. Joyce, A. Machado, C. Simon, B. Brecht, Sanguineti), Mez, orch, 1959-61, rev. 1965; rev. 1991-2 as Epiphanies 

• Traces (S. Oyama, after J. Baldwin), S, Mez, 2 actors, chorus, orch, 1964, withdrawn 

• Sinfonia (C. Lévi-Strauss, S. Beckett, Berio), 8 amp vv, orch, 1968-9 [incl. arr. of solo vocal work O King] 

• Air (Striggio), S, orch, 1969 [from stage work Opera] 

• Laborintus II (Sanguinetti), 3vv, 8 actors, spkr, ens, tape, 1965 

• Ora (Berio, M. Essam, after Virgil), S, Mez, small chorus, fl, eng hn, 12 insts, orch, 1971, withdrawn 

• Bewegung II (Virgil), Bar, orch, 1971 [after orch work] 

• Coro (folk texts, P. Neruda), 40vv, 40 insts, 1975-6, rev. 1977 

• Calmo (Homer), Mez, small orch, 1989 [based on Calmo, S, ens, 1974] 

• Shofar (P. Celan), SATB, orch, 1995 
  

Vocal music

• Due cori popolori, chorus, 1946, unpubd 

• O bone Jesu, chorus, 1946, unpubd 

• Tre canzoni popolari, female v, pf, 1946-7, rev. as Quattro canzoni populari, 1946-7, rev. 1973 

• Tre liriche greche, 1v, pf, 1946-8 

• Due canti siciliani, T, male chorus, 1948 

• Ad Hermes, 1v, pf, 1948 

• Due pezzi sacri, 2S, pf, 2 hp, timp, bells, 1949 

• Tre vocalizzi, 1v, pf, 1950 

• Deus meus, 1v, 3 insts, 1951 

• El mar la mar (Alberti), 2 S, fl, cl, gui, accdn, db, 1952; red. for 2S, pf, 1952; arr. for S, Mez, fl, 2 cl, hp, accdn, vc, db, 1969 

• Chamber Music (Joyce), female v, cl, hp, vc, 1953 

• Circles (E.E. Cummings), female v, hp, 2 perc, 1960 

• Rounds (M. Kutter), 1v, hpd, 1964, withdrawn 

• O King, 1v, fl, cl, vn, vc, pf, 1967-8; arr. incl. in Sinfonia 

• Prayer-Prière (Calvino), 1v, 1968 [for 40th birthday of K. Stockhausen] 

• Questo vuol dire che (various), 3 female vv, small chorus, insts, tape, 1968-9 

• Melodrama (Berio), T, fl, cl, perc, vib, elec org, vn, vc, db, 1970 [from stage work Opera] 

• Agnus, 2 female vv, 3 cl, drone (elec org/other sound source), 1971; incl. in rev. of Opera 

• E vo' (anon.), S, fl, ob, 3 cl, tpt, trbn, perc, pf, elec org, vn, va, vc, db, 1972; incl. in rev. of Opera 

• Recital I (for Cathy) (Berio, A. Mosetti, Sanguineti), 1v, 17 insts, 1972 

• Cries of London, 6 solo vv, 1973-4, rev. for 8 solo vv, 1975 

• Calmo (Homer), S, insts, 1974 

• A-ronne (Sanguineti), 8vv, 1975 [version of tape work] 

• Ecce: musica per musicologi (d'Arezzo), vv, bells, 1987 

• Ofanim (Bible: Ezekiel, Song of Solomon), female v, children's chorus, 2 inst groups, live elecs, 1988 

• Canticum novissimi testamenti, (S, S, A, A, T, T, B, B)/SATB, 4 cl, 4 sax, 1989 

• There is No Tune (Pecker-Berio), chbr chorus, 1994 

• Twice upon…, 6 groups children's vv, ob, cl, hn, tpt, trbn, vn, va, kbd, 1994 

Chamber music

• Toccata, pf 4 hands, 1939 

• Divertimento, str trio, 1946 

• Tre pezzi, 3 cl, 1947 

• Str Trio, 1948 

• Wind Qnt, 1948 

• Opus Number Zoo (R. Levine), spkr, 2 cl, 2 hn, 1950; rev. wind qnt, 1951; rev. 1970 

• Wind Qt, 1950 

• Due pezzi, vn, pf, 1951 

• Sonatina, fl, 2 cl, bn, 1951 

• Study, str qt, 1952 

• String Quartet, 1955-6 

• Serenata I, fl, 14 insts, 1957 

• Différences, fl, cl, hp, va, vc, tape, 1958-9, rev. 1967 

• Sincronie, str qt, 1963-4 

• Chemins II on Sequenza VI, va, 9 insts, 1967 

• Memory, elec pf, elec hpd 1970, rev. 1973 

• Autre fois: berceuse canonique pour Igor Stravinsky, fl, cl, hp, 1971 

• Musica leggera, fl, va, vc, 1974 [for 70th birthday of G. Petrassi] 

• 34 duetti, 2 vn, 1979-83 

• Accordo, 4 groups wind insts, 1980-81 

• Voci, va, 2 inst groups, 1984 

• Call, brass qnt, 1985 

• Terre chaleureuse, wind qnt, 1985 [for 60th birthday of P. Boulez] 

• Naturale, va, tam-tam, tape, 1985-6 

• Ricorrenze, wind qnt, 1985-7 

• Notturno (Str Qt no.3), 1993 

• Glosse, str qt, 1997 

Solo instrumental

• Pastorale, pf, 1937 

• Petite Suite, pf, 1948 

• Cinque variazioni, pf, 1952-3, rev. 1966

• Sequenza I, fl, 1958

• Sequenza II, hp, 1963 

• Rounds, hpd, 1964-5, arr. pf, 1967 

• Wasserklavier, pf, 1965 [orig. for 2 pf] 

• Sequenza III, 1v, 1965-6 

• Sequenza IV, pf, 1965-6 

• Sequenza V, trbn, 1966 

• Gesti, rec, 1966 

• Sequenza VI, va, 1967 

• Erdenklavier, pf, 1969 

• Sequenza VII, ob, 1969 

• Fa-Si, org, 1975 

• Sequenza VIII, vn, 1976-7

• Les mots sonts allés, vc, 1978 

• Chemins V, cl, digital system, 1980, withdrawn

• Sequenza IX, cl, 1980, transcr. as Sequenza IXb, a sax, 1981

• Lied, cl, 1983 

• Sequenza X, tpt, pf resonance, 1984

• Luftklavier, pf, 1985 

• Comma, E-cl, 1987 

• Sequenza XI, gui, 1987-8 

• Feuerklavier, pf, 1989 

• Psy, db, 1989 

•  Leaf, pf, 1990 

• Brin, pf, 1990 

• Sequenza XII, bn, 1995

• Sequenza XIII, accdn, 1995-6 

Electo-acoustic music

• Mimusique no.1, 1-track, 1953; other early pieces 

• Ritratto di città, 1-track, 1954, collab. Maderna 

• Mutazioni, 1-track, 1955 

• Perspectives, 2-track, 1957 

• Thema (Omaggio a Joyce), 2-track, 1958 

• Momenti, 4-track, 1960 

• Visage, 2-track, 1961 

• A-ronne (radiophonic documentary, Sanguinet), 1974 

• Chants parallèles, 1974-5 

• Diario immaginario (V. Sermonti), chorus, orch, tape, 1975 [radio work] 

• Duo (teatro immaginario, Calvino), 2 vn, chorus, orch, tape, 1982 [radio work] 

Arrangements

• Folk songs, S, 7 insts, 1964; also version for S, orch, 1973 

• C. Monteverdi: Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, S, T, Bar, 3 va, vc, db, hpd, 1966 

• J. Lennon and P. McCartney: Michele, 1v, fl, hpd, 1967, version for 1v, ens; Ticket to Ride, 1v, ens, 1967; Yesterday, 1v, fl, hpd, 1967 

• The Modification and Instrumentation of a Famous Hornpipe as a Merry and Altogether Sincere Homage to Uncle Alfred, fl/ob, hpd, perc, va, vc, 1969 [after H. Purcell, for 80th birthday of A. Kalmus] 

• K. Weill: Le grand lustucru, Mez, 12 insts, 1972 [from Marie galante] 

• K. Weill: Surabaya Johnny, Mez, 9 insts, 1972 [from Happy End] 

• K. Weill: Ballade von der sexuellen Hörigkeit, Mez, 8 insts, 1975 [from Die Dreigroschenoper] 

• L. Boccherini: Ritirata notturna di Madrid, orch, 1975 

• Fantasia, orch, 1977 [after Gabrieli] 

• Toccata, orch, 1977 [after Frescobaldi] 

• M. Falla: Siete canciones populares españolas, Mez, orch, 1978 

• J. Brahms: Sonata, op.120/1, cl/va, orch, 1986 [as Brahms-Berio] 

• G. Mahler: Fünf frühe Lieder, Bar, orch, 1986 

• G. Mahler: Sechs frühe Lieder, Bar, orch, 1987 

• F. Schubert: An die Musik, chorus, orch, 1989 

• G. Verdi: Otto romanze, T, orch, 1990  

Principal publishers

• Belwin-Mills,

• Schott

• Suvini Zerboni

• Universal