Music in Middle-earth

Music in Middle-earth is a collection of essays about the presence of music in J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium. Overseen by Heidi Steimel and Friedhelm Schneidewind and published by Walking Tree Publishers in 2010, it is the twentieth book of the Cormarë Series.

"Besides musical references found in Tolkien's own works, the scope of Middle-earth music has over the years been further extended by various attempts to either set Tolkien's song texts to music, or to create derivative musical works. Such creations range from the songs and music of the various films and radio adaptions to such phenomena as Tolkien-inspired Black Metal. Besides the musical refences found in Tolkien's own writings, this volume also looks at these works."

—The publisherMusic is again the focus in the thirty-ninth volume, Music in Tolkien's Work and Beyond.

Contents[]

Part A: Creation and Music[]

• Kristine Larsen, "Behold Your Music!": The Themes of Ilúvatar, the Song of Aslan, and the Real Music of the Spheres
• Reuven Naveh, "Tonality, Atonality and the Ainulindalë"
• Jonathan McIntosh, "Ainulindalë: Tolkien, St. Thomas, and the Metaphysics of the Music"

Part B: Music in Tolkien's World[]

• Steven Linden, "A Speculative History of the Music of Arda"
• Heidi Steimel, "Bring Out the Instruments!": Instrumental Music in Middle-earth
• Norbert Maier, "The Harp in Middle-earth" (trans. Heidi Steimel)

Part C: Part C: Influences of Our World on Tolkien's Music[]

• Gregory Martin, "Music, Myth, and Literary Depth in the 'Land ohne Musik'"
• Bradford Lee Eden, "Strains of Elvish Song and Voices: Victorian Medievalism, Music, and Tolkien"
• Julian Eilmann, "Sleeps a Song in Things Abounding: J.R.R. Tolkien and the German Romantic Tradition" (trans. Heidi Steimel)
• Murray Smith, "'They Began to Hum Softly': Some Soldiers' Songs of World Wars I and II and of Middle-earth Compared and Contrasted"

Part D: Interpretations of Tolkien's Music in Our World[]

• Michael Cunnningham, "An Impenetrable Darkness: An Examination of the Influence of J.R.R. Tolkien on Black Metal Music"
• Paul Smith, "Microphones in Middle-earth: Music in the BBC Radio Play"
• Mira Sommer, "Elven Music in Our Times" (trans. Marie-Noëlle Biemer)
• Fabian Geier, "Making Texts Audible: A Workshop Report on Setting Tolkien to Music" (trans. Heidi Steimel)

• Appendix: "Embodying the Voices: Documentation of a Failure" by Friedhelm Schneidewind

See also[]

• Ainulindalë
• Middle-earth Minstrel: Essays on Music in Tolkien
• The Lord of the Rings Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
• Music of the films

External links[]

• Official page at walking-tree.org
• Music in Middle-earth at Amazon.com
• Music in Middle-earth at Google Books