Music in Tolkien’s Work and Beyond

Music in Tolkien's Work and Beyond is a collection of essays edited by Julian Eilmann and Friedhelm Schneidewind. It was published as No. 39 in the Cormarë Series.

Contents
  • "Introduction: 'I love music': The Musicality of the Philologist" by Julian Eilmann and Friedhelm Schneidewind

Tolkien and Music

  • "Polyphony, Collective Improvisation, and the Gift of Creation" by Chiara Bertoglio
  • "Laments and Mercy: Tolkien and Liturgical Music" by Michaël Devaux and Guglielmo Spirito
  • "Middle-earth Improv: Song Writing and Improvisation in Tolkien's Works" by Nancy Martsch
  • "'What news from the North?': The Compositional Fabric, Intricate Imagery and Heroic Christian Character of the 'Lament for Boromir'" by Łukasz Neubauer
  • "'Go forth, for it is there!' An Imperialist Battle Cry behind the Lament for Boromir?" by Jörg Fündling

The Power of Music

  • "'A Matter of Song': The Power of Music and Song in Tolkien's Legendarium" by Elizabeth A. Whittingham
  • "'The Scholar as Minstrel': Word-music and Sound-words in Tolkien's 'New Works'" by Bradford Lee Eden
  • "Tolkien's Minstrelsy: The Performance of History and Authority" by Lynn Forest-Hill
  • "Musicality in Tolkien's Prose" by Maureen F. Mann
  • "'A deep silence fell': Silence and the Presentation of 'Voices' in Tolkien" by Petra Zimmermann

Music of Different Texts and Characters

  • "Dance and Song: 'The Lay of Leithian' between 'The Tale of Tinúviel' and 'Of Beren and Lúthien'" by Renée Vink
  • "Music and the Outcast: Songs of the Wanderer in Tolkien's Time-Travel Fragments" by Jennifer Rogers
  • "Aragorn, Music and the 'Divine Plan'" by Angela P. Nicholas
  • "'Where you hear song, you may rest at ease': The Music of the Evil Ones in Middle-earth" by Sabine Frambach

Instruments in Middle-earth

  • "An Orchestra in Middle-earth" by Heidi Steimel
  • "Nis me ti hearpun hygi: Harping on One String in Middle-earth" by John Holmes
  • "The Horns of Elfland" by Allan Turner
  • "Portatives in Middle-earth: A Speculative Approach to Organ Instruments in Tolkien’s Work" by Rainer Großby

Music beyond Tolkien

  • "The Lords of the Rings: Wagner’s Ring and Tolkien’s 'Faërie'" by Anja Müller
  • "'True Music in the Words': A Comparative Analysis of the Function of Music in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and Rothfuss' Kingkiller Chronicles" by Patrick Schmitz
  • "Of Home Keys and Music Style Guides: Orchestral Scores for Tolkien-based Video Games" by Tobias Escher
Referencias

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