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  1. James Joyce's "Chamber Music" 

    Background and Description for James Joyce's 'Chamber Music', Dr Gerry Smyth's online learning resource based on Joyce's 36-lyric song sequence.

  2. Welcome to James Joyce's "Chamber Music"

    This is a free-access learning resource that is hosted by the School of Humanities and Social Science at Liverpool John Moores University, and is inspired by a new version of Chamber Music, a book of poems published by Joyce in 1907. These pages provide video commentary on both the poetic and musical aspects of Chamber Music, as well as video performances of all thirty-six of the newly composed versions.

  4. Barbara Dickson OBE

    Read the oration for Barbara Dickson OBE on the award of their Honorary Fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University presented by Professor Frank Sanderson.

  5. James Joyce's "Chamber Music"

    Two scholarly essays by Dr Gerry Smyth relating to his setting of all 36 lyrics from James Joyce's 'Chamber Music'; this page also includes a list of 'Aphorisms and Quotations', offering reflections on different aspects of Joyce's original lyric sequence.

  10. Dr Brian May CBE

    Read the oration for Dr Brian May CBE on the award of their Honorary Fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University presented by Professor Frank Sanderson.