Namárië
Donald Swann
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Namárië by Donald Swann
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Swann played the music for this cycle privately for J.R.R. Tolkien, and while Tolkien approved of much of it, he expressed his disapproval of Swann’s initial setting of this song. The author argued that the song should sound more like Gregorian chant and hummed a tune to it that Swann wound up using...
Namárië Lyrics
Ai! laurië lantar lassi súrinen
Yéni unótimë ve rámar aldaron!
Yéni ve lintë yuldar avánier
Mi oromardi lisse-miruvóreva
Andúnë pella, Vardo tellumar
Nu luini yassen tintilar i eleni
Ómaryo airetári-lírinen
Sí man i yulma nin enquantuva?
An sí Tintallë Varda Oiolossëo
Ve fanyar máryat Elentári ortanë
Ar ilyë tier undulávë lumbulë;
Ar sindanóriello caita mornië
I falmalinnar imbë met, ar hísië
Untúpa Calaciryo míri oialë
Sí vanwa ná, Rómello vanwa, Valimar!
Namárië! Nai hiruvalyë Valimar
Nai elyë hiruva. Namárië!
Namárië Q&A
Who wrote Namárië's ?
Namárië was written by Donald Swann & J.R.R. Tolkien.
When did Donald Swann release Namárië?
Donald Swann released Namárië on Tue Oct 31 1967.
Is there a live performance of "Namárië" by Donald Swann?
In his foreword to the published version of the cycle, Swann wrote about why he replaced his own music for this selection with the tune Tolkien suggested:
In the following week I played it over many times to the Elvish words. There was no doubt that this monodic line from an early church tradition...