Desiderata (disambiguation)

"Desiderata" is the title of a 1927 poem by Max Ehrmann.

Desiderata or singular Desideratum, may also refer to:

General

• Desiderata, plural of a desideratum, the objects of desire
• Kerckhoffs's desiderata
• 344 Desiderata, a main belt asteroid

People and animals

• Desiderata of the Lombards (fl. 770–771), wife of Charlemagne
• Desideratum, a horse which won the Prix du Lys in 2006

Books

• Desideratum, a book by John Wesley
• Desiderata Hollow, a fictional character in Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett
• Desiderata Valley, a fictional neighborhood in The Sims 2: FreeTime
• Desiderata Street, a fictional road within Freeside, a space station in "Neuromancer" by William Gibson

Music

• Desideratum, cornet model of the Besson (company)

Classical compositions

• "Desiderata nobis", motet by Carissimi
• Symphony No. 4, 'Desiderata', Jaroslav Krcek
• Symphony No. 6, Op. 70 'Desiderata', 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 (album), a 1995 ambient album by Synæsthesia
• Desideratum (Anaal Nathrakh album), a 2014 extreme metal album

Songs

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

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with desiderata
• All pages with titles containing desiderata