Middle-earth Music: A thank you and giving back - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Estelyn Telcontar · 11-26-2012, 03:21 PM

Thank you for your link! I will most certainly read your paper and let you know how I like it! I'm glad our book was helpful to you.

I see that you're located in Germany, as I am - perhaps we will have an opportunity to meet and discuss Tolkien and music sometime! If you're interested - maybe even in presenting a paper there - the next Tolkien Seminar will take place in Aachen in April 2013. The topic is "Adaptations of LotR"; here is the call for papers . The deadline is November 30...

Novatlan · 12-09-2012, 01:55 AM

Thanks both of you for having a look. I'm dying to hear what you think.
I sent the DTG an email and hope they will find the topic interesting enough to warrant a presentation at the seminar.
I've started work on a revised version of the website, which will also contain audio samples to illustrate the points dealt with. The Tolkien Ensemble really was extremely helpful during the whole process and I'm happy that I am allowed to use audio samples from their productions. That should make the whole thing much more approachable.

Aiwendil · 02-22-2013, 08:46 PM

Not sure if you're still around, Novatlan, but I've read your paper and enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing it. I'm very pleased that you found my essay helpful. And I'm rather envious of the fact that the Tolkien Ensemble provided you with score manuscripts!

Novatlan · 02-23-2013, 07:53 AM

Hi!
Of course I am still around

Glad you like it!
I will be speaking about the paper at the Tolkien Seminar in Aachen end of April - I'm very excited!

Estelyn Telcontar · 02-23-2013, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Novatlan

I will be speaking about the paper at the Tolkien Seminar in Aachen end of April - I'm very excited!

That's wonderful! I just checked the schedule and saw that you're lecturing right after me on Sunday! I very much look forward to meeting you there.

By the way, I'm lecturing on the fifth major category of music composed for Tolkien's poems - the radio plays. (I'm currently reading your paper concerning the other four...)

Novatlan · 03-10-2013, 03:26 AM

That's awesome! Good I didn't include the radio plays in the paper. I originally wanted to, but there just was no space.

I hope I can someday continue writing on this and vastly extend it. My biggest gripe is that I just wasn't able to take into account that after all we are dealing with fiction. In the paper, I basically pretend that everything Tolkien writes is "real", which isn't particularly good form. It makes no difference for bringing across the point, because all I am after is discussing in which ways real music differs from what Tolkien wrote. But it means that most people object to the whole idea of the paper because I had to leave that out...

Looking forward to meeting you!

11-26-2012, 03:21 PM	#1
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Thank you for your link! I will most certainly read your paper and let you know how I like it! I'm glad our book was helpful to you. I see that you're located in Germany, as I am - perhaps we will have an opportunity to meet and discuss Tolkien and music sometime! If you're interested - maybe even in presenting a paper there - the next Tolkien Seminar will take place in Aachen in April 2013. The topic is "Adaptations of LotR"; here is the call for papers . The deadline is November 30... __________________ '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...'

12-09-2012, 01:55 AM	#2
Novatlan Newly Deceased Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Freiburg, Germany Posts: 4	Thanks both of you for having a look. I'm dying to hear what you think. I sent the DTG an email and hope they will find the topic interesting enough to warrant a presentation at the seminar. I've started work on a revised version of the website, which will also contain audio samples to illustrate the points dealt with. The Tolkien Ensemble really was extremely helpful during the whole process and I'm happy that I am allowed to use audio samples from their productions. That should make the whole thing much more approachable.

02-22-2013, 08:46 PM	#3
Aiwendil Late Istar Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,224	Not sure if you're still around, Novatlan, but I've read your paper and enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing it. I'm very pleased that you found my essay helpful. And I'm rather envious of the fact that the Tolkien Ensemble provided you with score manuscripts!

02-23-2013, 07:53 AM	#4
Novatlan Newly Deceased Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Freiburg, Germany Posts: 4	Hi! Of course I am still around Glad you like it! I will be speaking about the paper at the Tolkien Seminar in Aachen end of April - I'm very excited!

03-10-2013, 03:26 AM	#6
Novatlan Newly Deceased Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Freiburg, Germany Posts: 4	That's awesome! Good I didn't include the radio plays in the paper. I originally wanted to, but there just was no space. I hope I can someday continue writing on this and vastly extend it. My biggest gripe is that I just wasn't able to take into account that after all we are dealing with fiction. In the paper, I basically pretend that everything Tolkien writes is "real", which isn't particularly good form. It makes no difference for bringing across the point, because all I am after is discussing in which ways real music differs from what Tolkien wrote. But it means that most people object to the whole idea of the paper because I had to leave that out... Looking forward to meeting you!