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Estelyn Telcontar · 02-02-2005, 10:50 AM

No No No. Sorry - and ain't it satisfying to be able to stump you, Fordie?!

It was not painting or a related visual art form. (Think in general terms, not specific performing abilities...)

Eruanna · 02-02-2005, 02:17 PM

Like Fordim, I thought this would be singing or dancing...Tolkien loved to watch Edith dance. She also played piano if I recall correctly.
However, I seem to remember something in his biography about Edith being shy and yet a good practitioner of the art of conversation, better than him in fact... Three guesses in one post...Am I getting warmer?

Tuor of Gondolin · 02-02-2005, 02:53 PM

As a semi-guess, I think I read something to this effect in the HC biography, was it the theater (theatre

)?

Estelyn Telcontar · 02-03-2005, 04:03 AM

Actually, I was taking Tolkien's reference in Letter #260 as the basis for this question, so the general art I meant was simply "music". Eruanna comes closest by stating that Edith played piano, so she's entitled to the win and the next question. Here's the quote:

Quote:

I have little musical knowledge. Though I come of a musical family, owing to defects of education and opportunity as an orphan, such music as was in me was submerged (until I married a musician), or transformed into linguistic terms.

Eruanna · 02-03-2005, 02:17 PM

I think you are being very kind to me Estelyn, thank you

Here's another question:

Quote:

"-------------- seemed incredibly lovely, elvishly lovely--to me like a dream of Old Gondor, or Pelargir of the Numenorean Ships, before the return of the Shadow."

Which European city is Tolkien referring to?

Estelyn Telcontar · 02-04-2005, 11:39 AM

That has to be Venice - I remember reading that in the biography.

Eruanna · 02-05-2005, 02:26 PM

Venice is correct

02-02-2005, 10:50 AM	#1
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	No No No. Sorry - and ain't it satisfying to be able to stump you, Fordie?! It was not painting or a related visual art form. (Think in general terms, not specific performing abilities...) __________________ '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...'

02-02-2005, 02:53 PM	#3
Tuor of Gondolin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pennsylvania, WtR, passed Sarn Gebir: Above the rapids (1239 miles) BtR, passed Black Rider Stopping Place (31 miles) Posts: 1,548	As a semi-guess, I think I read something to this effect in the HC biography, was it the theater (theatre )? __________________ Aure Entuluva!

02-04-2005, 11:39 AM	#6
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	That has to be Venice - I remember reading that in the biography. __________________ '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...'

02-05-2005, 02:26 PM	#7
Eruanna Memento Mori Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Past The Point Of No Return Posts: 1,117	Venice is correct __________________ "Remember, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies."

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02-02-2005, 02:17 PM	#2
Eruanna Memento Mori Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Past The Point Of No Return Posts: 1,117	Like Fordim, I thought this would be singing or dancing...Tolkien loved to watch Edith dance. She also played piano if I recall correctly. However, I seem to remember something in his biography about Edith being shy and yet a good practitioner of the art of conversation, better than him in fact... Three guesses in one post...Am I getting warmer? __________________ "Remember, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies."