Lean out of the window

Lean out of the window,
  Goldenhair,
I heard you singing
  A merry air.

My book is closed;
  I read no more,
Watching the fire dance
  On the floor.

I have left my book,
  I have left my room,
For I heard you singing
  Through the gloom,

Singing and singing
  A merry air.
Lean out of the window,
  Goldenhair.

by James Joyce (1882-1941) , from Chamber Music, no. 5, 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. 4 (1998) [tenor and string quartet], from Chamber Music, no. 4.
by Gary Bachlund , "Goldenhair", 1991, published 1996 [high or medium voice and piano], from Chamber Music, no. 3.
by Lorne M. Betts (1918-) , "Lean out of the window", 1949 [high voice and piano], from Three Songs to Poems of James Joyce, no. ?
by William A. Billingsley (1922-) , "Lean out of the window" [tenor and piano], from James Joyce Songs
by Frank Bridge (1879-1941) , "Goldenhair", published 1925. [voice and piano]
by Jean Coulthard (1908-2000) , "Lean out of the window", 1946. [baritone and piano]
by Roberto Di Marino (1956-) , no title, from Tre Liriche per Coro e Chitarra, no. 3.
by Elliott Griffis (1893-1967) , "Goldenhair", published 1922. [voice and piano]
by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874-1949) , "Lean out of the window", 1938 [voice and piano], from Five Songs for Voice and Pianoforte
by Michael Head (1900-1976) , "Lean out of the window", published 1961. [baritone and piano]
by Jack Maurice Jarrett (1934-) , "Lean out of the window", published 1964. [SATB and piano]
by Hugo Kauder (1888-1972) , "Lean out of the window", published 1955 [soprano, alto, and tenor soli with string quartet], from Ten Poems, no. ?
by Dorothy Hill Klotzman , "Lean out of the window", published 1963 [SSA chorus a cappella], from Three Songs from "Chamber Music", no. ?
by Frederick Lydiate (1906-) , "Goldenhair" [tenor and piano]
by (Kurt) Rudolf Mengelberg (1892-1959) , "Lean out of the window", published 1960 [medium voice and piano], from Chamber music, no. 2.
by Nick Peros , "Lean out of the window, Goldenhair"
by Paul Amadeus Pisk (1893-) , "Lean out of the window", op. 101 no. ? [tenor and piano], from Songs from "Chamber Music" by James Joyce, no. ?
by Hermann Reutter (1900-1985) , "Lean out of the window", 1972 [low male voice and piano], from Chamber Music, no. ?
by Tom Vernon Ritchie (1922-) , "Goldenhair" [voice and piano]
by Irwin Spector (1916-) , "Lean out of the window" [medium voice, oboe, viola, and piano], from Songs of Love and Music, no. ?
by Williametta Spencer (1932-) , "Lean out of the window", published 1970. [madrigal: SATB a cappella]
by Gitta Steiner (1932-) , "Lean out of the window", published 1970 [mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano], from Three Songs for Medium Voice and Piano, no. ?
by Karol Maciej Szymanowski (1882-1937) , "Lean out of the window", op. 54 (Seven Songs) no. 3, published 1926. [voice and piano]
by Gerard Victory (1921-) , "Goldenhair", 1954 [tenor, SATB chorus, and instruments], from Five Songs by James Joyce, no. ?

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