Maia of music, hide no longer!

[Lyta_Underhill]

Did Melkor do any more singing once the Ainulindale was complete? I have a mental picture of him sort of dropping it and 'moving on' to darkness and dastardly plotting, no music involved. Did Morgoth sing back to Luthien?

An interesting topic indeed, and I haven't even seen the new Phantom movie (although I've seen the 1925 original silent with Lon Chaney!). A thought that occurred to me from Helen's quote above was that Morgoth was diminished when he wrought his evil will to a certain extent. He lost his ability to change form and was stuck with one form of being in Middle Earth. Perhaps this is tied to the fading of his 'music,' in a metaphorical if not actual sense. His actual ability to create music as he had was perhaps a casualty of his evil path, and he wishes to renew himself without necessarily changing his ways.

This thread came to mind when I pondered just why Morgoth would covet Luthien: Uhg, a Terrible Thought . Perhaps he wished to tear the essence of her song from her in a way, coveting not only her beauty but her purity and ability to sing a powerful song...

These are incompletely formed thoughts, and I suppose it would help if I saw the new movie, but the theme of covetousness is there in the old one as well (as well as a wondrous full color Masque scene--unusual for 1925!) It has been a little while since my last reading of the Silmarillion as well, so any corrections or clarifications on any point are welcome!

Cheers!
Lyta

P.S. I find it somewhat ironic that the founder of the thread I linked above is none other than the phantom!