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Texts to Art Songs and Choral Works by J. Musto

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John Musto (b. 1954)

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Note: A language code in a blue rectangle like ENG indicates that a translation to that language is available.
A grey rectangle like FRE indicates a particular translation (usually one set to music) exists but isn't yet available.

Song Cycles, Collections, Symphonies, etc.:

  • Dove sta amore
    • no. 1. Maybe (Text: Carl Sandburg) *
    • no. 2. Sea chest (Text: Carl Sandburg) *
    • no. 3. The hangman at home (Text: Carl Sandburg)
    • no. 4. How many little children sleep (Text: James Agee) *
    • no. 5. Dove sta amore (Text: Lawrence Ferlinghetti) *
  • Enough rope
    • no. 1. Social note (Text: Dorothy Parker) *
    • no. 2. Résumé (Text: Dorothy Parker) *
    • no. 3. The sea (Text: Dorothy Parker) *
  • Quiet songs
    • no. 1. maggie and milly and molly and may (Text: E. E. Cummings) *
    • no. 2. Intermezzo (Text: Amy Elizabeth Burton)
    • no. 3. Quiet song (Text: Eugene O'Neill) *
    • no. 4. Christmas Carol (To Jesus on His Birthday) (Text: Edna St. Vincent Millay)
    • no. 5. Palm Sunday: Naples (Text: Arthur Symons) GER
    • no. 6. Lullaby (Text: Léonie Adams) *
  • Recuerdo
    • no. 1. Echo (Text: Christina Georgina Rossetti) GER
    • no. 2. Recuerdo (Text: Edna St. Vincent Millay)
    • no. 3. Last Song (Text: Louise Bogan)
  • Shadow of the blues
    • no. 1. Silhouette (Text: Langston Hughes)
    • no. 2. Litany (Text: Langston Hughes)
    • no. 3. Island (Text: Langston Hughes)
    • no. 4. Could be (Text: Langston Hughes)
  • The AIDS Quilt Songbook [multi-composer]
    • no. 1. Fury, composed by David Wheelock (Text: Susan Snively) [x]*
    • no. 2. Blues for an imaginary valentine, composed by Fred Hersch (Text: Fred Hersch) [x]*
    • no. 3. Heartbeats, composed by John Musto (Text: Melvin Dixon) [x]*
    • no. 4. A dream of nightingales, composed by Ned Rorem (Text: David Bergman) [x]*
    • no. 5. Walt Whitman in 1989, composed by Chris DeBlasio (Text: Perry Brass) [x]*
    • no. 6. The 80's miracle diet, composed by David Krakauer (Text: Melvin Dixon) [x]*
    • no. 7. For Richard, composed by Annea Lockwood (Text: Eve Ensler) [x]*
    • no. 8. Fairy book lines, composed by Donald St. Pierre (Text: Charles Barber) [x]*
    • no. 9. Vaslav's song, composed by William Bolcom (Text: Ethyl Eichelberger) [x]
    • no. 10. AIDS anxiety, composed by Richard Pearson Thomas (Text: Richard Pearson Thomas) [x]*
    • no. 11. The flute of interior time, composed by John H. Harbison (Text: Robert Bly after Kabir) *
    • no. 12. The birds of sorrow, composed by Carl Byron (Text: Ron Schreiber) [x]*
    • no. 13. Investiture at Cecconi's, composed by Lee Hoiby (Text: James Ingram Merrill) [x]*
    • no. 14. A certain light, composed by Elizabeth C. Brown (Text: Marie Howe) [x]*
    • no. 15. I never knew, composed by Ricky Ian Gordon (Text: Ricky Ian Gordon) [x]*
    • no. 16. The second law, composed by Richard Wilson (Text: Stephen Sandy) [x]*
    • no. 17. Perineo, composed by Libby Larsen (Text: Roberto Echavarren) [x]*
    • no. 18. The enticing lane, composed by Steven Houtz (Text: Christopher Hewitt) [x]*
  • Two by Frost
    • no. 1. Nothing gold can stay (Text: Robert Frost)
    • no. 2. The rose family (Text: Robert Frost)
  • Viva Sweet Love
    • no. 1. As is the sea marvelous (Text: E. E. Cummings)
    • no. 2. Rome: In the Café (Text: James Laughlin) *

All titles of vocal settings in Alphabetic order

  • As is the sea marvelous (in Viva Sweet Love) (Text: E. E. Cummings)
  • Calypso (Text: W. H. Auden)
  • Christmas Carol (To Jesus on His Birthday) (in Quiet songs) (Text: Edna St. Vincent Millay)
  • Could be (in Shadow of the blues) (Text: Langston Hughes)
  • Dove sta amore (in Dove sta amore) (Text: Lawrence Ferlinghetti) *
  • Echo (in Recuerdo) (Text: Christina Georgina Rossetti) GER
  • Heartbeats (in The AIDS Quilt Songbook) (Text: Melvin Dixon) [x]*
  • How many little children sleep (in Dove sta amore) (Text: James Agee) *
  • Intermezzo (in Quiet songs) (Text: Amy Elizabeth Burton)
  • Island (in Shadow of the blues) (Text: Langston Hughes)
  • Last Song (in Recuerdo) (Text: Louise Bogan)
  • Litany (in Shadow of the blues) (Text: Langston Hughes)
  • Lullaby (in Quiet songs) (Text: Léonie Adams) *
  • maggie and milly and molly and may (in Quiet songs) (Text: E. E. Cummings) *
  • Maybe (in Dove sta amore) (Text: Carl Sandburg) *
  • Nothing gold can stay (in Two by Frost) (Text: Robert Frost)
  • Palm Sunday: Naples (in Quiet songs) (Text: Arthur Symons) GER
  • Quiet song (in Quiet songs) (Text: Eugene O'Neill) *
  • Recuerdo (in Recuerdo) (Text: Edna St. Vincent Millay)
  • Résumé (in Enough rope) (Text: Dorothy Parker) *
  • Rome: In the Café (in Viva Sweet Love) (Text: James Laughlin) *
  • Sea chest (in Dove sta amore) (Text: Carl Sandburg) *
  • Silhouette (in Shadow of the blues) (Text: Langston Hughes)
  • Social note (in Enough rope) (Text: Dorothy Parker) *
  • The hangman at home (in Dove sta amore) (Text: Carl Sandburg)
  • The rose family (in Two by Frost) (Text: Robert Frost)
  • The sea (in Enough rope) (Text: Dorothy Parker) *
  • Triolet (Text: Eugene O'Neill) *

Last update: 2023-09-19 16:28:42

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