The Road Goes Ever On: A Song Cycle

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This article refers to the song cycle (group of songs). For other namesakes, see The Road Goes Ever On (disambiguation).

The Road Goes Ever On: A Song Cycle is a song cycle first published in 1967 as a book of sheet music and as an audio recording (released on LP and CD). The music was written by Donald Swann, and the words are taken from poems in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth writings, especially The Lord of the Rings. The title of the song cycle is taken from "The Road goes ever on and on,", the first song in the collection. The songs are designed to fit together when played in sequence. The ninth song "Lúthien Tinúviel" was added in an appendix rather than in the main sequence. Swann performed the cycle for Tolkien, who approved of the music except for the Quenya song "Namárië"; he suggested it should be in the style of a Gregorian chant, which he hummed; Swann used that melody for the song.

Contents

Sheet music

• Introduction
• Foreword by Donald Swann
• Foreword to the Third edition
  1. The Road Goes Ever On
  2. Upon the Hearth the Fire is Red
  3. In the Willow-meads of Tasarinan
  4. In Western Lands
  5. Namárië (Farewell)
  6. I Sit beside the Fire
  7. Errantry
  8. Bilbo's Last Song
• Notes and Translations
• Appendix
  1. Lúthien Tinúviel

LP/CD

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