If there is a finer composer of song with piano alive and working in the world today, I would very much like to know his or her name.
– Graham Johnson
Most impressive is John Musto’s “Shadow of the Blues,” four songs of exquisite subtlety and sensitivity set to texts by Langston Hughes.
– Walter Simmons, Fanfare
“A Last Song” … exemplified the art of the concert song in America today. Where can we hear better?
– Ron Emery, Albany Times Union
Contents and Audio Excerpts
Two by Frost
Nothing Gold Can Stay
The Rose Family
Enough Rope
Social Note
Résumé
The Sea
Shadow of the Blues
Silhouette
Litany
Island
Could Be
Recuerdo
Echo
Recuerdo
Last Song
Dove Sta Amore
Maybe
Sea Chest
The Hangman at Home
How Many Little Children Sleep
Dove sta amore
Quiet Songs
maggie & milly & molly & may
Intermezzo
Quiet Song
Christmas Carol (To Jesus On His Birthday)
Palm Sunday: Naples
Lullaby
Penelope
From the wanderer’s cup I drink
Life is hell when you’re gone
Loneliness unravels
In my father’s orchard
I can see from my balcony
On the flap of a lapel I fly
Penelope’s Song
Viva Sweet Love
as is the sea marvelous
Rome in the Café
You came as a thought
Crystal Palace Market
sweet spring
Single Songs
I Stop Writing the Poem
Lament
Nude at the Piano
Witness
Old Photograph
San Jose Symphony Reception
Words To Be Spoken
Flamenco
If there is a finer composer of song with piano alive and working in the world today, I would very much like to know his or her name.