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Folk Songs

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Folk Songs
Year of composition: 
1964
Year composition ended: 
1964
Year of revision: 
1973
Text: 

Black is the colour (USA)
I wonder as I wander (USA)
Loosin yelav (Armenia)
Rossignolet du bois (France)
A la femminisca (Sicily)
La donna ideale (Italy)
Ballo (Italy)
Motettu de Tristura (Sardinia)
Malorous qu'o un fenno (Auvergne [France])
Lo fiolaire (Auvergne [France])
Azerbaijan love song (Aserbaijan)

Language: 
English, Armenian, French, Italian, Azeri
Scored for: 
mezzo-soprano and orchestra
Duration: 
23'
Annotations: 

Instrumentation: 2 1 3 1 - 1 1 1 0 - perc(2), hp, str
Instrumentation details: 1st flute; 2nd flute (+picc); oboe; 1st clarinet in Bb; 2nd clarinet in Bb; bass clarinet in Bb; bassoon; horn in F; trumpet in C; trombone; percussion(2); harp; violin I; violin II; viola; violoncello; contrabass

First performance: 
1973, Zurich. Cathy Berberian, Collegium Musicum Zürich, Luciano Berio
Publisher: 
Universal Edition
Edition number: 
13763
Program notes: 

Author's note: Italian

Author's note: English

Author's note: French