Re: Conlang music

On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 10:20 AM, David McCann <david@...>wrote:

> On Wed, 2009-01-07 at 21:57 -0500, Herman Miller wrote:
>
> > "Poems and Songs of Middle-Earth", an LP of some of Tolkien's songs and
> > poetry, contains a recording of "Namarie" (sung in Quenya), and "A
> > Elbereth Gilthoniel" (in Sindarin).
>
> The settings were by Donald Swann (remember Flanders and Swann?). They
> (and settings of some of Tolkien's English poems) were published, with
> piano and guitar accompaniments, in Tolkien and Swann's "The Road goes
> ever on" (Allen & Unwin, 1968). The Elvish texts have calligraphy and
> linguistic notes by Tolkien.
>
There was another LP with music by a Finnish composer inspired by the Lord
of the Rings. I don't remember the name. But if I do remember correctly,
there was a setting of the Ring inscription (in the Black Speech) as well as
of Namarie. I'll have to see if it's still in my box of LPs when I get home.

Dirk