Product Description
This song is the second in a series
of Fourteen Tolkien Songs. It is headed 1 because it is preceded in the set
by a Prologue: Farewell We Call to Hearth and Hall, which is also available
from Sheet Music Plus.
A comment on the collection of Tolkien songs by an Oxford piano teacher:
For those who only know Tolkien
via the recent blood-and-thunder films, this song-cycle by Charles
McCreery will give a very different angle on the classic saga. Here we
find a gentle and ethereal world, where rhythms lilt and words echo. The twelve
songs, suitable for choir, evoke a dreamy, water-colour landscape with no
harsh sounds, the tunes are singable and in a traditional style that Tolkien
would surely have approved.
Dr Julia Gasper, LGSM
A general comment on Charles
McCreerys music by a violinist and composer in the USA:
Charles McCreerys beautifully
melodic, intricately textured compositions are infused with classical, romantic
and folk idioms.
Samantha Gillogly
The Fall of
Gil-galad is appropriate for womens choirs, childrens choirs, schools, music
students generally, and anyone with a particular interest in the work of
J.R.R. Tolkien.
The MP3 which
plays from this page is of the orchestral version of the song. A video
illustrating this orchestral version can be seen on YouTube. Search for the YouTube identity: stmaurmusic
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