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I'm encountering an interesting phenomenon that's similar to what Tolkien and Lewis experienced - they decided to write the stories they wanted to read, since no one else did. Well, I feel that the music to several hobbit songs in this book doesn't quite fit the feeling of the poems for me. However, I'm not normally inclined to composing, so have never tried my hand at setting them to melodies of my own.
Well, this morning a melody to "The road goes ever on" came to me! No one could have been more surprised than I was. It's simple, encompassing a range of only one octave, with easy intervals, and basic harmonies underlying it. It has passed the walking test, since I sang it under my breath while walking the dog, and it seems quite appropriate for a nice hobbit hike!
That's good enough for me - a hobbit melody doesn't have to be earth-shakingly original and novel. Now perhaps I'll find a melody to "I sit beside the fire", which could be more pensive, for my personal taste, than Swann's cheerful music.
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'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth.. .'
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