Mujikal

• musical

• magical

• mujik: (Russian) a Russian peasant

Commentary

In the last full paragraph before this one, Joyce referred to the triad – the harmonic basis of western music. This paragraph continues with at least 12 musical or aural allusions:

• the mujikal chocolat box – music box

• listening

• jubalee harp – Jew's harp (not actually a harp, but an instrument played using the mouth)

• lishener – listener

• W. K. O. O. – call letters for American radio stations east of the Rockies, after circa 1930, are four letters beginning with "W"

• Hear?

• optophone – opto-phone = see-hear

• List! – listen + Liszt (Franz Liszt, composer)

• magic lyer – lyre, stringed instrument

• lichening – listening

• harpsdischord – harpsichord + dischord

• ollaves – octaves