ABSTRACT
The great number of musical allusions in Finnegans Wake have been well documented by such eminent scholars as Matthew J. C. Hodgart and Mabel P. Worthington, 1 Zack Bowen, 2 and Ruth Bauerle. 3 Their work was augmented by John Cage's statistical analysis in his background for the Roaratorio. 4 Such research supports the fact that in Finnegans Wake Joyce used more musical allusion of all kinds—songs, instruments, and musical forms than in any of his previous works. Finnegans Wake represents a marriage of words and music with allusions, rhythms, and other musical devices employed by the author to extend the dimension of the text. Words read and spoken go as far as they can; words sung extend language further. The strength of the words is heightened by being made audible.
