Chamber Music

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Chamber Music

by James Joyce

EN·~16 minutes·37 chapters

Chapters

37 total

Contents With First Lines

2:27

I

0:20

II

0:24

III

0:35

IV

0:26

V

0:21

VI

0:21

VII

0:24

VIII

0:33

IX

0:18
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Description

A swirling chorus of verse invites listeners into a world where the rustle of leaves, the glow of twilight, and the gentle hum of a distant harp become the language of love. Each stanza feels like a note struck on an unseen instrument, echoing the yearning of a solitary heart that watches the sky and leans out windows to hear a golden‑haired songbird. The poet’s voice moves fluidly between the earth and the heavens, turning ordinary moments—like the flicker of a lamp or the rustling of apple trees—into intimate, musical dialogues.

The collection unfolds as a series of lyrical tableaux, each one painting a fresh scene of longing, hope, and quiet reverie. Through tender imagery and rhythmic cadences, the work captures the delicate balance between celebration and melancholy, inviting the audience to linger in the spaces between sound and silence. Listeners will find themselves drawn into a dreamlike garden where every breath, wind, and sigh contributes to an ever‑lasting symphony of the heart.

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Language

en

Duration

~16 minutes (16K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

Sep 1, 2001

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

James Joyce

James Joyce

1882–1941

A giant of literary modernism, this Dublin-born writer changed the shape of the novel with books that are bold, funny, and endlessly inventive. Best known for Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ulysses, and Finnegans Wake, he turned everyday life into something epic.

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