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Publication
[S.l.] : Allen & Unwin, 1968.
Description
Available for the first time in 25 years, this book of songs and sheet music, a collaboration between J. R. R. Tolkien and the composer Donald Swann, will delight Tolkien fans everywhere as the book to stand beside their copies of Lord of The Rings, the essays, poems and calendars. Includes a bonus CD containing performances of all the songs. In this song book the composer Donald Swann gives Tolkien characters Bilbo, Treebeard, Sam Gamgee and Tom Bombadil tunes for their ballads of the road. Professor Tolkien approved of this and added a tune of his own, decorated the book in his own hand and added a glossary of Elvish terms and lore that appears nowhere else.
User reviews
LibraryThing member billlund
Donald Swann has put some of J. R. R. Tolkien's poems from "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" to music. In my opinion he did an excellent job of capturing the feeling of the poem in the music and I was disappointed when they were not used in the recent film adaptation of the stories. An
Of interest to the non-musician are the translations of two elvish poems: "Namárië" and "A Elbereth Gilthoniel."
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excellent buy, particularly if you can play the piano or the guitar accompaniment. Of interest to the non-musician are the translations of two elvish poems: "Namárië" and "A Elbereth Gilthoniel."
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LibraryThing member antiquary
I liked this music better than many more serious musicians I knew did when it came out, especially Namarie and Treebeard's Song
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Original publication date
1967-10-31
ISBN
0395082587 / 9780395082584
Local notes
Used, good condition, dust jacket fair condition