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Traditional Catholic Faith => Art and Literature for Catholics => Topic started by: Hermes on August 08, 2021, 12:27:20 PM

Title: JRR Tolkien (RIP) Singing Namárië
Post by: Hermes on August 08, 2021, 12:27:20 PM
https://youtu.be/RkuHrD_xlJY (https://youtu.be/RkuHrD_xlJY)
Title: Re: JRR Tolkien (RIP) Singing Namárië
Post by: Romulus on August 08, 2021, 06:22:32 PM
Why does this remind me of Latin?
Title: Re: JRR Tolkien (RIP) Singing Namárië
Post by: 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!
Title: Re: JRR Tolkien (RIP) Singing Namárië
Post by: Hermes on August 08, 2021, 08:11:19 PM
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.
Title: Re: JRR Tolkien (RIP) Singing Namárië
Post by: Incredulous on August 08, 2021, 08:12:09 PM


Could we hear the lady sing instead ?
Title: Re: JRR Tolkien (RIP) Singing Namárië
Post by: Kazimierz on August 08, 2021, 08:48:12 PM
https://youtu.be/6CfRJSKk2Ls (https://youtu.be/6CfRJSKk2Ls)

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.
Title: Re: JRR Tolkien (RIP) Singing Namárië
Post by: Hermes on August 08, 2021, 09:23:45 PM
Quote from: Kazimierz on August 08, 2021, 08:48:12 PM
https://youtu.be/6CfRJSKk2Ls (https://youtu.be/6CfRJSKk2Ls)

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.
Title: Re: JRR Tolkien (RIP) Singing Namárië
Post by: Dankward on August 09, 2021, 01:46:07 PM
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.