Luciano Berio :: Folk Songs for Seven Instruments


 

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Berio, Luciano
1925-2003
(b Oneglia, Imperia, 24 Oct 1925; d Rome, 27 May 2003). Italian
Folk Songs for Seven Instruments <1964>
solo mezzo-soprano
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Arrangements of folk songs; the mvts are to be performed without pause.
A transcription by the composer for mezzo-soprano and orchestra was created in 1973; see following entry.

Language: English
1. Black is the Colour of My True Love's Hair (United
States)
2. I Wonder as I Wander (United States)
3. Loosin Yelav (The Moon Has Risen—Armenia)
4. Rossignolet du bois (Little Nightingale of the
Woods—France)
5. A la femminisca (A Woman's Prayer—Sicily)
6. La donna ideale (The Ideal Woman—Italy)
7. Ballo (Dance—Italy)
8. Motettu de Tristura (Song of Sadness—Sardinia)
9. Malorous qu'o uno fenno (Wretched Is He Who Has a
Wife—Auvergne)
10. Lo fiolaire (The Spinner—Auvergne)
11. Azerbaijan love song—Azerbaijan)














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Contents—1. Black is the Colour of My True Love’s Hair (United States); 2. I Wonder as I Wander (United States); 3. Loosin Yelav (The Moon Has Risen—Armenia); 4. Rossignolet du bois (Little Nightingale of the Woods—France); 5. A la femminisca (A Woman’s Prayer—Sicily); 6. La donna ideale (The Ideal Woman—Italy); 7. Ballo (Dance—Italy); 8. Motettu de Tristura (Song of Sadness—Sardinia); 9. Malorous qu’o uno fenno (Wretched Is He Who Has a Wife—Auvergne); 10. Lo fiolaire (The Spinner—Auvergne); 11. Azerbaijan love song—Azerbaijan)