"Echo" [John Musto]

"Echo" [John Musto]

First line of lyrics: Come to me in the silence of the night

Part of: "Recuerdo"

Musto, John; music (American, born 1954)

Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)

1988

Peermusic Classical

genre: song|art song (lied)|song cycle

solo: medium voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats

initial time signature: 4/4

other version 1 - solo: high voice

other version 1 - instrumentation: piano

other version 1 - initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats

origin: United States

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Echo"

Place in the larger work: The first song of three in a song cycle called "Recuerdo" which includes 1. "Echo" (Christina Rossetti); 2. "Recuerdo" (Edna St. Vincent Millay); 3. "A Last Song (In Memoriam Jeffrey French)" (Louise Bogan).

Tempo markings: "Slow, mysterious, obsessive"; quarter note = 52

Recordings: "Recuerdo" Thomson/Bowlesl/Hoiby/ Hundley/Musto/Klein: Songs. Performance by William Sharp, baritone and Steven Blier, piano. New World Records, 1989. "John Musto: Recuerdo (Video Perusal Score)." YouTube, uploaded by SimeonStylites, 24 May 2017. https://youtu.be/V10H1fSCj2U.

Dedication: "For William Sharp and Steven Blier"

Format 1: musical score

16 pages; performance time 6 minutes and 24 seconds (for medium voice). 8 pages (pp. 2-9); performance time 6 minutes and 24 seconds (for high voice)

Reference: Ezust, Emily. The LiederNet Archive. http://www.lieder.net/lieder/index.html

Cataloguer: Diana Bishara, University of Ottawa

musical score for high voice: Musto, John. "Echo." Selected Songs for high voice and piano. Southern Music Publishing/Peer Musikverlag, 1995, pp.2-9. Library of the University of Texas at Austin.

This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "John Musto: Recuerdo (Video Perusal Score)." For medium voice. YouTube, uploaded by SimeonStylites, 24 May 2017. https://youtu.be/V10H1fSCj2U.

Record: CRM-echo-musto

"COPYRIGHT 1988 By Southern Music Publishing Co. Ltd"

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