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The twentieth century witnessed a dramatic rise in fantasy writing and few works became as popular or have endured as long as the novels of J.R.R. Tolkien. Surprisingly, little critical attention has been paid to the presence of music in his novels. This collection of essays explores the multitude of musical-literary allusions and themes intertwined throughout Tolkien's body of work. Of particular interest is Tolkien's scholarly work with medieval music and its presentation and performance practice, as well as the musical influences of his Victorian and Edwardian background. Discographies of Tolkien-influenced music of the 20th and 21st centuries are included.
Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction
BRADFORD LEE EDEN
Horns of Dawn: The Tradition of Alliterative Verse in Rohan
JASON FISHER
"Inside a Song": Tolkien's Phonaesthetics
JOHN R. HOLMES
Æ' fre me strongode longas: Songs of Exile in the Mortal Realms
PETER WILKIN
J.R.R. Tolkien: A Fortunate Rhythm
DARIELLE RICHARDS
Tolkien's Unfinished "Lay of Lúthien" and the Middle English Sir Orfeo
DEANNA DELMAR EVANS
Strains of Elvish Song and Voices: Victorian Medievalism, Music, and Tolkien
BRADFORD LEE EDEN
Dissonance in the Divine Theme: The Issue of Free Will in Tolkien's Silmarillion
KEITH W. JENSEN
"Worthy of a Song": Memory, Mortality and Music
AMY M. AMENDT-RADUEGE
"Tolkien is the Wind and the Way": The Educational Value of Tolkien-Inspired World Music
AMY H. STURGIS
Liquid Tolkien: Music, Tolkien, Middle-earth, and More Music
DAVID BRATMAN
Performance Art in a Tunnel: A Musical Sub-Creator in the Tradition of Tolkien
ANTHONY S. BURDGE
Contributors
Index
