Music of the Ainur: Rap? Country? Opera?

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Quote from J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography by Humphrey Carpenter

She [his mother] also tried to intrest him in playing the piano, but without success. It seemed rather as if words took the place of music for him, and that he enjoyed listening to them, reading them, and reciting them, almost regardless of what they meant.

I don't think Tolkien played any instruments, unless it was later in his life (I am only in the beginning of the biography.)

T.G.