Music of the Ainur: Rap? Country? Opera?

[Angry Hill Troll]

Hey, it's Kalevala, not Kevala :P

My apologies Afrodal, I was afraid I was misremembering the name [img]smilies/confused.gif[/img]

...their words are mostly rapid, like the glitter of long swords, like the rush of leaves in a great wind or the fall of stones in the mountains.

Plainly the effect of Valarin upon Elvish ears was not pleasing

For some reason, as I was reading this quote I was trying to picture what Treebeard's reaction would be upon listening to the Valar speak. I suspect he would have been beside himself hearing such a hasty language! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

More seriously, the description of Valarin and its musicality strongly echoes the quote that TolkienGurl posted above about how words were Tolkien's music.