Available for the first time in 25 years, this book of songs and sheet music, a collaboration between J. R. R. Tolkien and the composer Donald Swann, will delight Tolkien fans everywhere as the book to stand beside their copies of Lord of The Rings, the essays, poems and calendars. Includes a bonus CD containing performances of all the songs. In this song book the composer Donald Swann gives Tolkien characters Bilbo, Treebeard, Sam Gamgee and Tom Bombadil tunes for their ballads of the road. Professor ...
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Available for the first time in 25 years, this book of songs and sheet music, a collaboration between J. R. R. Tolkien and the composer Donald Swann, will delight Tolkien fans everywhere as the book to stand beside their copies of Lord of The Rings, the essays, poems and calendars. Includes a bonus CD containing performances of all the songs. In this song book the composer Donald Swann gives Tolkien characters Bilbo, Treebeard, Sam Gamgee and Tom Bombadil tunes for their ballads of the road. Professor Tolkien approved of this and added a tune of his own, decorated the book in his own hand and added a glossary of Elvish terms and lore that appears nowhere else.
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Add this copy of The Road Goes Ever on. a Song Cycle. Poems By J.R.R. to cart. $314.60, very good condition, Sold by Arapiles Mountain Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Castlemaine, VIC, AUSTRALIA, published 1974 by George Allen & Unwin.
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J.R.R. Tolkien. F- in F- jacket. F-/F-. 4to. original cream boards (a trifle rubbed & bumped at extremities, prev. owner's name to upper pastedown, else clean & bright throughout) dustwrapper priced net £2.50 net in UK only (overstickered 'Angus & Robertson $8.50', a trifle rubbed & marked, occ. faint touch of silverfishing); pp. xii (last blank), 68, with decorations. A near fine copy.
Add this copy of The Road Goes Ever on. a Song Cycle to cart. $327.30, very good condition, Sold by Robin Summers Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Aldeburgh, SUFFOLK, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1968 by George Allen & Unwin.
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Quarto. ix, 68pp. Original pale boards with red titles. Faint spotting to covers, otherwise very good indeed in a slightly worn, marked and edge nicked, unclipped, very good dust jacket. 1968 1st edition.
Donald Swann, freed from his partnership with Michael Flanders, wrote elegiac tunes, a perfect match for Tolkien's lyrics. We borrowed a friend's copy long ago, but had to return it (naturally), so it's lovely to have our own copy at last.
Ceroill
Jan 17, 2008
Delightful
I consider this book to be an essential part of any serious collection of Tolkien material. I had a copy of this book many years ago, but it vanished on me, and I'm very glad to have it again. I only wish that you could also purchase a cd and be able to listen to the songs.
