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Julian Eilmann and Friedhelm Schneidewind (eds), Music in Tolkien's Work and Beyond

Julian Eilmann and Friedhelm Schneidewind (eds), Music in Tolkien's Work and Beyond Book Reviews Julian Eilmann and Friedhelm Schneidewind (eds), Music in Tolkien’s Work and Beyond. Cormarë Series 39. 464 pp. Zurich and Jena: Walking Tree Publishers, 2019. ISBN: 978-3-905703-39-9. Owing partly to Tolkien’s understated relationship with music, the topic lay in relative obscurity for years, with the first significant contribution being David Harvey’s The Song of Middle-Earth: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Themes, Symbols, and Myths in 1985. Since 2010, however, scholars have begun examining the bevy of musical references in Tolkien’s stories and the constitutive role music plays in his legendarium. The most recent work is the volume under review here, successor to Music in Middle-Earth (2010). This anthology takes its place among the growing body of scholarship in this niche field, which includes Bradford Lee Eden’s Middle-Earth Minstrel: Essays on Music in Tolkien (2010), Christopher MacLachlan’s Tolkien and Wagner: The Ring and Der Ring (2012), and Renée Vink’s Wagner and Tolkien: Mythmakers (2012). Music in Tolkien’s Work and Beyond covers a lot of ground in its 477 pages partitioned into five sections. Section 1, ‘Tolkien and Music’, treats Tolkien’s relationship with music, the musical influences in his life, and how both manifest in his literature. Chiara Bertoglio situates Tolkien’s creation myth http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Inklings Studies Edinburgh University Press

Julian Eilmann and Friedhelm Schneidewind (eds), Music in Tolkien's Work and Beyond

Rone, Vincent E.
Journal of Inklings Studies , Volume 10 (2): 4 – Oct 1, 2020
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Book Reviews Julian Eilmann and Friedhelm Schneidewind (eds), Music in Tolkien’s Work and Beyond. Cormarë Series 39. 464 pp. Zurich and Jena: Walking Tree Publishers, 2019. ISBN: 978-3-905703-39-9. Owing partly to Tolkien’s understated relationship with music, the topic lay in relative obscurity for years, with the first significant contribution being David Harvey’s The Song of Middle-Earth: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Themes, Symbols, and Myths in 1985. Since 2010, however, scholars have begun examining the bevy of musical references in Tolkien’s stories and the constitutive role music plays in his legendarium. The most recent work is the volume under review here, successor to Music in Middle-Earth (2010). This anthology takes its place among the growing body of scholarship in this niche field, which includes Bradford Lee Eden’s Middle-Earth Minstrel: Essays on Music in Tolkien (2010), Christopher MacLachlan’s Tolkien and Wagner: The Ring and Der Ring (2012), and Renée Vink’s Wagner and Tolkien: Mythmakers (2012). Music in Tolkien’s Work and Beyond covers a lot of ground in its 477 pages partitioned into five sections. Section 1, ‘Tolkien and Music’, treats Tolkien’s relationship with music, the musical influences in his life, and how both manifest in his literature. Chiara Bertoglio situates Tolkien’s creation myth

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Published: Oct 1, 2020

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