Musicology Annotation << Back The Idea of ‘Unity’ as the Conceptual Basis of L. Berio’s ‘Coro’ Alexandr S. Ryzhinskiy The paper aims to explore one of the most important work of L. Berio, the leader of Italian composer school in the second half of the 20th century. The conclusion concerning the central idea as the conceptual basis of the composition is formulated through the analysis of poetical text, texture and timbre development in the composition. The composer’s choice of verbal texts and specificity of their presentation in music are determined by this idea. Keywords: Berio, Neruda, ‘Coro’, unity, texture, word and music, heterophonia, hocket, Banda-Linda. Contacts: E-mail: loring@list.ru Pp. 10-18.