'Elven Music in Our Times', Mira Sommer

[Faramir Jones]

You gave an interesting answer to Bêthberry's query here, Nogrod:

Originally Posted by Nogrod

To me it's the kind of meditativeness, the eerie feeling you can't quite fathom what it is... like is it sad or happy (without the major-minor tonality the middle-Eastern music tends to have that odd effect on an European), it sounds to me something both incorporeal and fleshy at the same time; like passion and otherworldliness in the same package. Something I could imagine the elves feeling towards this reality... Am I making any sense?

As I said before, each of us have our own definitions of what things, including music, we regard as 'elvish'. The music you linked to was nice; and I can see the point you're making; but I don't think anyone should presume that Tolkien would have liked it.

[Thinlómien]

I don't have anything to add, but in case you are interested, here is a recent and related thread:

Elves and Music

[Nogrod]

Originally Posted by Faramir Jones

but I don't think anyone should presume that Tolkien would have liked it.

Well, that's the age old question...

But if the title is "Elven music in our times" I think we can look at it not only as a subject about which contemporary artists would the prof. have approved of, but also as how we could think of the elven music today with our wider perspectives.

If Mira Sommer is of the mind that Nightwish is okay then she is... but I'd bet the prof. would have chosen Anouar Brahem over Nightwish in an instant.

So where is the difference?