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Ok, so, Arda 'renewed', when the Music shall be played aright, is effectively a consequence of the 'Fall' resulting from Melkor's rebellion? The First Music could not have been played aright, because the capacity for moral choices was not within the Ainur. If Arda was not to be inhabited by a bunch of robots, or 'Yes-men' the Children of Eru (including the Ainur), had to be placed in a position where they would need to make moral choices - ie, where their allegiance to the Good was not simply a consequence of not having any alternative, but where they have known Evil & had the option to ally themselves with it. Hence, at the end, those who participate in the Second Music will sing the themes aright, not because they don't have anything else to sing, but because they will have chosen in full awareness to sing the right themes.
Which, if I'm right, requires not only Morgoth's rebellion, but all the suffering which takes place. Evil has to be fully known & each potential participant in the Second Music must make a choice in full knowledge (ie not out of fear of Eru, or willful ignorance, or desire for reward).
Or in short, if Morgoth hadn't existed, Eru would have had to create him......
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