Desiderata (disambiguation) explained

"Desiderata" is an early 1920s poem by Max Ehrmann.

Desiderata or Desideratum may also refer to:

Books

• The Desideratum; or, Electricity Made Plain and Useful, a book by John Wesley
• Desiderata Hollow, a fictional character in Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett
• Desiderata Street, a fictional road within Freeside, a space station in "Neuromancer" by William Gibson

Music

• Desideratum, a cornet model made by Besson

Classical compositions

• "Desiderata nobis", motet by Giacomo Carissimi
• Symphony No. 4, 'Desiderata' by Jaroslav Krček
• Symphony No. 6, Op. 70 'Desiderata' by Carlos Veerhoff

Albums

• Desiderata (Les Crane album), a 1971 spoken word album with music composed by Fred Werner
• Desiderata (Madder Mortem album), a 2006 progressive metal album
• Desideratum (Synæsthesia album), a 1995 ambient album by Synæsthesia
• Desideratum (Anaal Nathrakh album), a 2014 extreme metal album

Songs

• "Desiderata" (Les Crane song), a 1971 reading of the poem and title track of the Grammy winning album
• "Desiderata", a song on the 2004 Lazyboy album Lazyboy TV
• "Desiderata", a song on the 2006 The Human Abstract album Nocturne

People

• Desiderata of the Lombards (fl. 771), a queen consort of the Franks

Other uses

• Desiderata, plural of a desideratum, the objects of desire
• Desiderata of the Lombards (fl. 770–771), wife of Charlemagne
• Kerckhoffs's desiderata
• 344 Desiderata, a main belt asteroid
• Desideratum, a horse which won the Prix du Lys in 2006
• Desiderata Valley, a fictional neighborhood in

See also

• Desirable (disambiguation)