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Offline Hermes

JRR Tolkien (RIP) Singing Namárië
« on: August 08, 2021, 12:27:20 PM »
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Offline Romulus

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Re: JRR Tolkien (RIP) Singing Namárië
« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2021, 06:22:32 PM »
Why does this remind me of Latin?
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Offline Kazimierz

Re: JRR Tolkien (RIP) Singing Namárië
« Reply #2 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!
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Offline Hermes

Re: JRR Tolkien (RIP) Singing Namárië
« Reply #3 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.
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Offline Incredulous

Re: JRR Tolkien (RIP) Singing Namárië
« Reply #4 on: August 08, 2021, 08:12:09 PM »


Could we hear the lady sing instead ?
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