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Forum: Music in Middle-earth 03-29-2010, 06:51 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 18,239
Posted By shadowfax
We can today savour the authentic sounds of...

We can today savour the authentic sounds of baroque music because skilled people have reconstructed instruments from that period using the correct designs, materials and techniques and so reproduced...
Forum: Music in Middle-earth 03-29-2010, 02:58 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 21,336
Posted By shadowfax
Hi Faramir, Thanks for responding... and...

Hi Faramir,

Thanks for responding... and also well met and thanks for the excellent article.

This topic is extremely fascinating and I don't really know where to start.

The anachronism...
Forum: Music in Middle-earth 03-26-2010, 03:38 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 22,250
Posted By shadowfax
By the way, I've just linked back to this forum...

By the way, I've just linked back to this forum from the book announcement page:

http://www.walking-tree.org/cormareBookInfo.php?number=20#forum
Forum: Music in Middle-earth 03-26-2010, 11:26 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 20,735
Posted By shadowfax
here it is ... ...

here it is ...

http://www.walking-tree.org/news/pics/music-in-middle-earth_anke.jpg
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 03-26-2010, 11:15 AM
Replies: 4,197
Views: 1,483,462
Posted By shadowfax
Hi, from Shadowfax

H,

I'm new on this forum so will just say hi.

I'm using the name Shadowfax as I had that name on different others forums in the past and this establishes some continuity.

Is there anybody...
Forum: The Books 03-26-2010, 10:58 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 6,354
Posted By shadowfax
exactly, and remember that any future Galdriel...

exactly, and remember that any future Galdriel foresaw was but one possible future and not the only possible future.

Who knows what positive and noble contribution Boromir might have made in...
Forum: Music in Middle-earth 03-26-2010, 10:54 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 16,214
Posted By shadowfax
Also to be attended by Patrick Curry BTW, so it...

Also to be attended by Patrick Curry BTW, so it looks as if there will be an impressive lineup of top-notch speakers.
Forum: Music in Middle-earth 03-26-2010, 10:27 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 22,250
Posted By shadowfax
Thanks for the welcome. My other name in what...

Thanks for the welcome. My other name in what people call the real world is Andrew. I'm definitely looking forward to some good discussions on this forum.

I did the final fine-tuning of the book's...
Forum: Music in Middle-earth 03-26-2010, 10:08 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 21,336
Posted By shadowfax
Yes, and this makes the author's efforts all the...

Yes, and this makes the author's efforts all the more commendable. Normally we consider an article good if it reveals hitherto unknow compelling similarities, direct inspirations and put everything...
Forum: Music in Middle-earth 03-26-2010, 09:55 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 16,152
Posted By shadowfax
I agree. Sometimes I wished we could have...

I agree. Sometimes I wished we could have attached sound clips to the book as it's difficult to write about such things without illustrative samples.

I admit to not knowing much about Metal music,...
Forum: Music in Middle-earth 03-26-2010, 09:50 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 22,250
Posted By shadowfax
Sure, you can get the Englsih version on...

Sure, you can get the Englsih version on Amazon.de. Let me know if you have any difficulties getting it.
Forum: The Books 01-20-2010, 04:38 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 26,993
Posted By shadowfax
Point taken for the Romans. Maybe also Gondor,...

Point taken for the Romans. Maybe also Gondor, being a properly organised state, modelled maybe on the Roman empire, would have had a properly enrolled and salaried army. But most other countries and...
Forum: The Books 01-19-2010, 09:49 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 26,993
Posted By shadowfax
That is assuming that there was a formal...

That is assuming that there was a formal deifinition for being a ranger as such. The rangers must have lived off something (Aragaorn did have coins) and I don't think it was all charity. I imagine...
Forum: The Books 01-19-2010, 09:41 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 9,116
Posted By shadowfax
Don't know. I think the Hobbits were too old...

Don't know.

I think the Hobbits were too old fashioned and not sufficioently PC for that type of thing.

If somebody had done something evil, they were punished for it (after a Hobbit manner)....
Forum: The Books 01-19-2010, 09:25 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 14,065
Posted By shadowfax
Yes sure, but in those days, people often...

Yes sure, but in those days, people often identified with the land they occupied and one of the reasons they built barrows was to use their dead to show that they had occupied that particular area of...
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