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| | Joyce and Music | Singer - Musician - Composer - Impresario |
 | | He would seat himself at the piano, drooping over the keys, and the old songs, his particular way of singing them in his sweet tenor voice, and the expression his face — these were things one can never forget. |
 | | It is an aspect of his complex life that is most evident, ironically enough, in his writing, in which scholars have cataloged literally thousands of musical allusions — to singers, composers, instruments, musical venues and, of course, songs of various stripes — many of them integral to the understanding of his poems, stories, and novels. |
 | | His books are saturated with the deep knowledge and affection for music with which he grew up and which stayed with him all his life. |
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