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  • Fernando Sor:    Etude #1  Etude #14
  • Manuel Ponce: Prelude #8
  • Re-record Argentine Tango #1
  • James Joyce: "Chamber Music ~ Poem #3" for Harmonica and Voice

James Joyce "Chamber Music" ~ 3rd poem

At that hour when all things have repose,
    O lonely watcher of the skies,
    Do you hear the night wind and the sighs
Of harps playing unto Love to unclose
    The pale gates of sunrise?

When all things repose, do you alone
    Awake to hear the sweet harps play
    To Love before him on his way,
And the night wind answering in antiphon
    Till night is overgone?

Play on, invisible harps, unto Love,
    Whose way in heaven is aglow
    At that hour when soft lights come and go,
Soft sweet music in the air above
    And in the earth below.

Snippet: "Black Velvet Band"

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Manuel Ponce Prelude #8

22 Jun 2026

AI:  Manuel Ponce’s Prelude No. 8 (in F-sharp minor), often marked Tranquillo, is highly praised by the classical guitar community for its beautiful, mysterious, and lyrical qualities. Because Ponce primarily composed at the piano, guitarists frequently comment on the piece's awkward, challenging fingerings but admire its breathtaking ascending bass line. [1, 2, 3, 4]

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Francisco de Asís Tárrega y Eixea (21 November 1852 – 15 December 1909) was a Spanish composer and classical guitarist of the late Romantic period.[1] He is known for such pieces as Capricho Árabe, Recuerdos de la Alhambra and Gran Vals, the latter of which became the Nokia tune.