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JRR Tolkien (RIP) Singing Namárië
« on: August 08, 2021, 12:27:20 PM »
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    Re: JRR Tolkien (RIP) Singing Namárië
    « Reply #1 on: August 08, 2021, 06:22:32 PM »
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    • Why does this remind me of Latin?
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    Re: JRR Tolkien (RIP) Singing Namárië
    « Reply #2 on: August 08, 2021, 06:30:57 PM »
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    • The cadence is definitely either directly from a liturgical chant form or based there on.

    Very interesting!
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    Re: JRR Tolkien (RIP) Singing Namárië
    « Reply #3 on: August 08, 2021, 08:11:19 PM »
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    • Sir Tolkien, may God rest his beautiful soul, said that Elvish should be sung “like Gregorian chants,” in an interview he gave in the 1960s.
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    Re: JRR Tolkien (RIP) Singing Namárië
    « Reply #4 on: August 08, 2021, 08:12:09 PM »
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    • Could we hear the lady sing instead ?
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    Re: JRR Tolkien (RIP) Singing Namárië
    « Reply #5 on: August 08, 2021, 08:48:12 PM »
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    • This is from earlier in the book, that being the Fellowship of the Ring.

    Hauntingly beautiful, as the Middle Earth version of a hymn to the Blessed Mother should be.
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    Re: JRR Tolkien (RIP) Singing Namárië
    « Reply #6 on: August 08, 2021, 09:23:45 PM »
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    • Quote from: Kazimierz on August 08, 2021, 08:48:12 PM


    This is from earlier in the book, that being the Fellowship of the Ring.

    Hauntingly beautiful, as the Middle Earth version of a hymn to the Blessed Mother should be.

    Ravishingly well done and aesthetically stunning.
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    Re: JRR Tolkien (RIP) Singing Namárië
    « Reply #7 on: August 09, 2021, 01:46:07 PM »
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    • Quote from: Kazimierz on August 08, 2021, 06:30:57 PM
    The cadence is definitely either directly from a liturgical chant form or based there on.
    Very interesting!
    Definitely, sounds a lot like Gregorian chorals!


    Interesting to hear Tolkien sing in a language invented (or derived) by himself.
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