Leaving Rivendell
Encyclopedia
Leaving Rivendell is the fourth album by the Danish
group The Tolkien Ensemble. It features songs composed to the lyrics found in J. R. R. Tolkien
's The Lord of the Rings
and forms the end part of what was to become a complete musical interpretation of all lyrics in the book.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
group The Tolkien Ensemble. It features songs composed to the lyrics found in J. R. R. Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.Tolkien was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Pembroke College,...
's The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings is a high fantasy epic written by English philologist and University of Oxford professor J. R. R. Tolkien. The story began as a sequel to Tolkien's earlier, less complex children's fantasy novel The Hobbit , but eventually developed into a much larger work. It was written in...
and forms the end part of what was to become a complete musical interpretation of all lyrics in the book.
Tracks listing
- "Riddle of StriderAll that is Gold Does Not GlitterAll that is gold does not glitter is a poem written by J. R. R. Tolkien for his fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. It alludes to an integral part of the plot. The poem reads:...
(II)" (Caspar Reiff) - "Verse of the Rings (II)" (Caspar Reiff)
- "Bregalad's Song" (Caspar Reiff)
- "Legolas' Song of the Sea" (Caspar Reiff)
- "Song of the Elves Beyond the Sea - Galadriel's Song of Eldamar (II)" (Caspar Reiff)
- "Oliphaunt" (Peter Hall)
- "Ents' Marching Song" (Peter Hall)
- "Galadriel's Messages" (Caspar Reiff)
- "Song of EärendilEärendilEärendil the Mariner is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium. He is depicted in The Silmarillion as a great seafarer who, on his brow, carried the morning star across the sky.-Etymology:...
" (Peter Hall) - "Song of Durin" (Peter Hall)
- "Tom Bombadil's Song (III) I Had an Errand There..." (Peter Hall)
- "Wight's Chant" (Peter Hall)
- "Ho! Tom Bombadil (II)" (Peter Hall)
- "Tom Bombadil's Song (IV)" (Caspar Reiff)
- "Théoden's Battle Cry" (Caspar Reiff)
- "At Théoden's Death" (Caspar Reiff)
- "Snowmane's Epitaph" (Caspar Reiff)
- "Burial Song of Théoden" (Caspar Reiff)
- "Long List of the Ents, No. 2" (Peter Hall)
- "Sam's Invocation of Elven Hymn to Elbereth GilthonielA Elbereth GilthonielA Elbereth Gilthoniel is an Elvish hymn to Varda in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.-The Hymn:There are three versions of this hymn, the first of which being the largest portion of Sindarin found in the novel:-Musical Versions:...
" (Peter Hall) - "Call to Arms of the Rohirrim" (Caspar Reiff)
- "Eagle's Song" (Caspar Reiff)