Middle-earth Music: A thank you and giving back - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Aiwendil · 02-22-2013, 08:46 PM

Not sure if you're still around, Novatlan, but I've read your paper and enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing it. I'm very pleased that you found my essay helpful. And I'm rather envious of the fact that the Tolkien Ensemble provided you with score manuscripts!

Novatlan · 02-23-2013, 07:53 AM

Hi!
Of course I am still around

Glad you like it!
I will be speaking about the paper at the Tolkien Seminar in Aachen end of April - I'm very excited!

Estelyn Telcontar · 02-23-2013, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Novatlan

I will be speaking about the paper at the Tolkien Seminar in Aachen end of April - I'm very excited!

That's wonderful! I just checked the schedule and saw that you're lecturing right after me on Sunday! I very much look forward to meeting you there.

By the way, I'm lecturing on the fifth major category of music composed for Tolkien's poems - the radio plays. (I'm currently reading your paper concerning the other four...)

Novatlan · 03-10-2013, 03:26 AM

That's awesome! Good I didn't include the radio plays in the paper. I originally wanted to, but there just was no space.

I hope I can someday continue writing on this and vastly extend it. My biggest gripe is that I just wasn't able to take into account that after all we are dealing with fiction. In the paper, I basically pretend that everything Tolkien writes is "real", which isn't particularly good form. It makes no difference for bringing across the point, because all I am after is discussing in which ways real music differs from what Tolkien wrote. But it means that most people object to the whole idea of the paper because I had to leave that out...

Looking forward to meeting you!

02-22-2013, 08:46 PM	#1
Aiwendil Late Istar Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,224	Not sure if you're still around, Novatlan, but I've read your paper and enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing it. I'm very pleased that you found my essay helpful. And I'm rather envious of the fact that the Tolkien Ensemble provided you with score manuscripts!

02-23-2013, 07:53 AM	#2
Novatlan Newly Deceased Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Freiburg, Germany Posts: 4	Hi! Of course I am still around Glad you like it! I will be speaking about the paper at the Tolkien Seminar in Aachen end of April - I'm very excited!

03-10-2013, 03:26 AM	#4
Novatlan Newly Deceased Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Freiburg, Germany Posts: 4	That's awesome! Good I didn't include the radio plays in the paper. I originally wanted to, but there just was no space. I hope I can someday continue writing on this and vastly extend it. My biggest gripe is that I just wasn't able to take into account that after all we are dealing with fiction. In the paper, I basically pretend that everything Tolkien writes is "real", which isn't particularly good form. It makes no difference for bringing across the point, because all I am after is discussing in which ways real music differs from what Tolkien wrote. But it means that most people object to the whole idea of the paper because I had to leave that out... Looking forward to meeting you!