by James Joyce (1882 - 1941)
Rain has fallen all the day
Language: English
Rain has fallen all the day. O come among the laden trees: The leaves lie thick upon the way Of [mem'ries.]1 Staying a little by the way Of [mem'ries]1 shall we depart. Come, my beloved, where I may Speak to your heart.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Szymanowski: "memories"
Text Authorship:
- by James Joyce (1882 - 1941), appears in Chamber Music, no. 32, 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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Rain has fallen", 1991, published 1996 [ high voice or medium voice and piano ], from Chamber Music, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981), "Rain has fallen", op. 10 (Three Songs) no. 1, published 1939 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Lorne M. Betts (b. 1918), "Rain has fallen all the day", 1949 [ high voice and piano ], from Three Songs to Poems of James Joyce [sung text not yet checked]
- by Brian Boydell (1917 - 2000), "Rain has fallen all the day", 1946 [ baritone and piano ], from Five Joyce Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jean Coulthard (1908 - 2000), "Rain has fallen all the day", 1946 [ medium voice and piano ], from Three Songs for Medium Voice and Piano, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ross Lee Finney (1906 - 1997), "Rain has fallen all the day ", 1952, published 1985, first performed 1975 [ voice and piano ], from Chamber Music, no. 32, Henmar Press [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jack Marius Jarrett (b. 1934), "Rain has fallen all the day", 1962 [ SATB chorus and piano ], from Songs about the end of love [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sergius Kagen (1909 - 1964), "Rain has fallen all the day", <<1953 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Kauder (1888 - 1972), "Rain has fallen all the day", published 1955 [ soprano, alto, tenor, and string quartet ], from Ten Poems [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Kurt) Rudolf Mengelberg (1892 - 1959), "Rain has fallen all the day", from Chamber music, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernest John Moeran (1894 - 1950), "Rain has fallen", R. 51 no. 6 (1929), published 1930 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], from Seven Poems by James Joyce, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Amadeus Pisk (1893 - 1990), "Rain has fallen all the day", op. 101 no. ? [ tenor and piano ], from Songs from "Chamber Music" by James Joyce [sung text not yet checked]
- by Howard L. Richards (b. 1927), "Rain", published 1960 [ satb chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Barry Seaman (b. 1946), "Rain has fallen all the day", 1981 [ voice and piano ], from Chamber Music Book I, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Russell Smith (b. 1927), "Rain has fallen all the day", published 1948 [ SSA chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Williametta Spencer (b. 1932), "Rain has fallen all the day", published 1970 [ madrigal: satb chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karol Maciej Szymanowski (1882 - 1937), "Rain has fallen", op. 54 no. 7, published 1926 [ voice and piano ], from Pieśni do słów Jamesa Joyce'a, no. 7, also set in Polish (Polski) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Eugene Ward (1917 - 2013), "Rain has fallen all the day", 1940, published 1951 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Polish (Polski), a translation by Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz (1894 - 1980) ; composed by Karol Maciej Szymanowski.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Walter Riemer) , "Es hat geregnet", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Sol Crespo) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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: 42