The sinking of Numenor - a lesson to whom?

[Morthoron]

Originally Posted by Ibrîniðilpathânezel

It, I think, was a variation on a theme that cropped up as a sort of "cadenza" during the "performance," so to speak, and thus required an alteration of some "measures" to bring things back into harmony with the original "score." (Cripes, do I have "I'M A MUSICIAN" tattooed on my forehead or something...? )

I echo your sentiments regarding the tattoo burnished across my addled pate. Amusingly, I had always wondered if Morgoth was world's first jazz musician and offered syncopation and riffing in minor notes that threw off the staunch and majestic Bach-like chorals of the Ainulindalë. Or perhaps he was a Stravinsky in a china shop and upset the celestial harmony with stark motifs and variations of brashness that would appeal to the more revolutionary elements of the Ainur (after all, the Bohemian Balrogs seemed partial to his innovations).

[Ibrîniðilpathânezel]

Originally Posted by Morthoron

I echo your sentiments regarding the tattoo burnished across my addled pate. Amusingly, I had always wondered if Morgoth was world's first jazz musician and offered syncopation and riffing in minor notes that threw off the staunch and majestic Bach-like chorals of the Ainulindalë. Or perhaps he was a Stravinsky in a china shop and upset the celestial harmony with stark motifs and variations of brashness that would appeal to the more revolutionary elements of the Ainur (after all, the Bohemian Balrogs seemed partial to his innovations).

I tend to think Melkor/Morgoth was more on the order of Karlheinz Stockhausen (untraditional, controversial, and you either loved him or hated him) or Pierre Schaeffer and music concrete (which, when I was in college, often inspired reactions from students, even of jazz, on the order of, "what the heck is THAT???"). If you love what they do, you are an avid devotee of their works, but if you don't... well...