I have always seen Elven singing- and other's- as orenda. It's a foreign word that roughly translates to "singing magic". As powerful as prayer, but more ambigous- not so central to any particular deity or power.
Which, I think, is a bit shown in LotR. After all, the singing may be to one or several of the Valar- but unless you know the Sil. and such, this isn't really appearent. More like a plea for help, or a cry of joy to Everything than one source. (There are, of course, perhaps a few contradictions, but like I said, it's fairly deep.)
Just my "two wafers of lembas." [Someone mentioned that, though I do not know who, and I just thought it was great. Kudos to them!]
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Rock-a-bye Nazgul, on Weathertop, when the Ring calls, the horses will run. And when Sauron calls, the Nazgul will go, and down will come evil, Ringwraiths and all!
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