O cool is the valley now

by James Joyce (1882 - 1941)

O cool is the valley now

Language: English

Available translation(s): FRE

O cool is the valley now 
  And there, love, will we go 
For many a choir is singing now 
  Where Love did sometime go. 

And hear you not the thrushes calling, 
  Calling us away? 
O cool and pleasant is the valley 
  And there, love, will we stay.

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Authorship:

by James Joyce (1882 - 1941), no title, appears in Chamber Music, no. 16, first published 1907 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by David Arditti (b. 1964), "O cool is the valley now", op. 20 no. 10 (1998) [ tenor and string quartet ], from Chamber Music, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Where Love Did Sometime Go", 1991, published 1996 [ high voice or medium voice and piano ], from Chamber Music, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Ronald A. Beckett , "O cool is the valley now", 2017, from Because your voice was at my side, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
by Lorne M. Betts (b. 1918), "O cool is the valley now", 1950 [ high voice and piano ], from Five Songs (1950) [sung text not yet checked]
by Thomas G. Beveridge (b. 1938), "O cool is the valley now", published <<1964 [ SSA chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Louis Calabro (1926 - 1991), "O cool is the valley now", 1952 [ medium voice and piano ], from Three Songs for Medium Voice [sung text not yet checked]
by Matthew Emery (b. 1991), "Love will we stay", 2012, first performed 2013 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Joan Ferris , "O cool is the valley now", published 1967 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Six Songs [sung text not yet checked]
by Ross Lee Finney (1906 - 1997), "O cool is the valley now ", 1952, published 1985, first performed 1975 [ voice and piano ], from Chamber Music, no. 16, Henmar Press [sung text not yet checked]
by Arnold Freed (b. 1926), "O cool is the valley now", <<1964 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Fürstenthal (1920 - 2016), "O Cool" [ voice and piano ], from Songs after Poems by James Joyce II, no. 1, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
by (Aynsley) Eugene Goossens, Sir (1893 - 1962), "O cool is the valley now", op. 51 no. 4 (1929), published 1930 [ medium voice and piano ], from Chamber Music, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
by Sergius Kagen (1909 - 1964), "O cool is the valley now", <<1953 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by (Martin) William Karlins (1932 - 2005), "O cool is the valley now", 1962 [ soprano or alto (optional), bassoon, and piano ], from Four Inventions and a Fugue [sung text not yet checked]
by Hugo Kauder (1888 - 1972), "O cool is the valley now", published 1955 [ soprano, alto, tenor, and string quartet ], from Ten Poems [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl J. Kittleson (b. 1920), "O cool is the valley now" [ soprano, flute, oboe, horn, clarinet, and bassoon ], from Three Songs for Soprano and Woodwinds [sung text not yet checked]
by Louis Koemmenich (1866 - 1922), "O cool is the valley now", published 1919 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Alfred Kunz (b. 1929), "O cool is the valley now", published 1972 [ TTBB chorus and piano ], from Three Works for Male Chorus [sung text not yet checked]
by Ernest John Moeran (1894 - 1950), "The pleasant valley", R. 51 no. 4 (1929), published 1930 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], from Seven Poems by James Joyce, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
by Nick Peros (b. 1963), "O cool is the valley now" [sung text checked 1 time]
by Vincent Persichetti (1915 - 1987), "O cool is the valley now", published 1972 [ band ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Rick Sowash (b. 1950), "O cool is the valley now", 1998 [ mezzo-soprano, viola, clarinet, flute, and piano ], from Along the River, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Williametta Spencer (b. 1932), "O cool is the valley now", published 1970 [ satb chorus a cappella ], madrigal [sung text not yet checked]
by Conrad Susa (b. 1935), "O cool is the valley now", published 1973 [ satb chorus and piano ], from Chamber Music [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 47