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Tolkien singing and reading his own songs and poems.
How did I never know these existed before?
There's an incredible sense of touching something real. I never thought to hear Tolkien's voice, let alone for it to be so expressive. I had hair standing on the back of my neck.
Having heard him sing Sam's troll song, I now understand exactly where Sam's accent comes from. Tolkien switches voice depending on what he's reading, but when he's Sam, it feels exactly right. And that's given me instantly an extra understanding of the whole LOTR novels. Sam is the character who is with us all the way. He's fascinated by elves, by strange people and places, but, like Frodo, he has a deep sense of where his real home is. I think Sam may have been the character Tolkien felt closest to.
I found this in a link from the Tor Tolkien read-through and it led me to others:
One Ring to Rule them All
Gil-Galad was an Elven King
In case you hadn't guessed, I'm re-reading Lord of the Rings after a gap of a decade or more - and getting more out of it than I expected even though I've read it many times before. I'm just on the border of Hollin, before they reach Moria.
If you want to hear more of Tolkien's voice, look here and give thanks to the person who uploaded them all!
There's an incredible sense of touching something real. I never thought to hear Tolkien's voice, let alone for it to be so expressive. I had hair standing on the back of my neck.
Having heard him sing Sam's troll song, I now understand exactly where Sam's accent comes from. Tolkien switches voice depending on what he's reading, but when he's Sam, it feels exactly right. And that's given me instantly an extra understanding of the whole LOTR novels. Sam is the character who is with us all the way. He's fascinated by elves, by strange people and places, but, like Frodo, he has a deep sense of where his real home is. I think Sam may have been the character Tolkien felt closest to.
I found this in a link from the Tor Tolkien read-through and it led me to others:
Namárië
One Ring to Rule them All
Gil-Galad was an Elven King
In case you hadn't guessed, I'm re-reading Lord of the Rings after a gap of a decade or more - and getting more out of it than I expected even though I've read it many times before. I'm just on the border of Hollin, before they reach Moria.
If you want to hear more of Tolkien's voice, look here and give thanks to the person who uploaded them all!
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Still published (as the book of sheet music and CD, the CD has two extra songs which weren't on the cassette), http://www.amazon.co.uk/Road-Goes-Ever-J-Tolkien/dp/0007136552/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1301646374&sr=8-1