Desiderata (disambiguation)

"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 The Sims 2: FreeTime