To me, it seems that Eru Illuvatar was more the World itself, and that the consciousness was more-or-less contrived. Tolkien clearly gave the Powers to the gods Manwe, Mandos, Ulmo, Melko, and the rest -- with Illuvatar as sort of an idea with whom Manwe consorted in need.
My take on the whole thing is that the
World, everything, is based on this sort of Rhythm and all the elements of It are manifest in that music. All began with the single chord that was disrupted, and that embellishment became the gods, and the world, and everything within (barring the will of Man).
I sort of the like the earlier (typo) post of the Big BAND; it fits well with my humble theory here.
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