O cool is the valley now

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.

by James Joyce (1882-1941) , from Chamber Music, no. 16, published 1907

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 (1964-) , no title, op. 20 no. 10 (1998) [tenor and string quartet], from Chamber Music, no. 10.
by Gary Bachlund , "Where Love Did Sometime Go", 1991, published 1996 [high or medium voice and piano], from Chamber Music, no. 4.
by Lorne M. Betts (1918-) , "O cool is the valley now", 1950 [high voice and piano], from Five Songs (1950), no. ?
by Thomas G. Beveridge (1938-) , "O cool is the valley now", published <<1964. [SSA and piano]
by Louis Calabro (1926-) , "O cool is the valley now", 1952 [medium voice and piano], from Three Songs for Medium Voice, no. ?
by Joan Ferris , "O cool is the valley now", published 1967 [SATB chorus a cappella], from Six Songs, no. ?
by Arnold Freed (1926-) , "O cool is the valley now", <<1964. [high voice and piano]
by Sir (Aynsley) Eugene Goossens (1893-1962) , "O cool is the valley now", published 1930 [medium voice and piano], from Chamber Music, no. ?
by Sergius Kagen (1909-1964) , "O cool is the valley now", <<1953. [voice and piano]
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, no. ?
by Hugo Kauder (1888-1972) , "O cool is the valley now", published 1955 [soprano, alto, tenor, and string quartet], from Ten Poems, no. ?
by Carl J. Kittleson (1920-) , "O cool is the valley now" [soprano, flute, oboe, horn, clarinet, and bassoon], from Three Songs for Soprano and Woodwinds, no. ?
by Louis Koemmenich (1866-1922) , "O cool is the valley now", published 1919. [voice and piano]
by Alfred Kunz (1929-) , "O cool is the valley now", published 1972 [TTBB chorus and piano], from Three Works for Male Chorus, no. ?
by Ernest John Moeran (1894-1950) , "The pleasant valley", published 1930 [mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano], from Seven Poems by James Joyce, no. ?
by Nick Peros , "O cool is the valley now"
by Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987) , "O cool is the valley now", published 1972. [for band only]
by Williametta Spencer (1932-) , "O cool is the valley now", published 1970. [madrigal: SATB a cappella]
by Conrad Susa (1935-) , "O cool is the valley now", published 1973 [SATB and piano], from Chamber Music, no. ?

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Oh, qu'elle est fraîche la vallée...

Oh, qu'elle est fraîche la vallée maintenant
Et là, amour, nous irons
Car maints chœurs chantent maintenant
Où l'Amour est venu un jour.

Et n'entends-tu pas les grives qui appellent,
Qui nous appellent ?
Oh, qu'elle est fraîche et agréable la vallée
Et là, amour, nous resterons.

Translation from English to French copyright © 2009 by Guy Laffaille (guylaffaille (AT) yahoo (DOT) fr), (re)printed on this website with kind permission. Please contact the copyright-holder when requesting permission to reprint.

a text in English by James Joyce (1882-1941) , from Chamber Music, no. 16, published 1907

Date added to the website: 2009-11-06.