Found this thread and thought it deserved a bump. I do so agree about the compatibility of the Shire and Vaughan Williams...I don't know, something to do with the essential decency....
My hap'orth to the discussion: Sibelius' Swan of Tuonela sounds to me like an elvish lament for Arda...perhaps it could be set to Galadriel's song of farewell in Lorien...
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