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The Road Goes Ever On

This book of songs and sheet music, a collaboration between J. R. R. Tolkien and the composer Donald Swann, will delight Tolkien fans everywhere as the book to stand beside their copies of Lord of The Rings, the essays, poems and calendars. Includes a bonus CD containing performances of all the songs.

In this song book the composer Donald Swann gives Tolkien characters Bilbo, Treebeard, Sam Gamgee and Tom Bombadil tunes for their ballads of the road.

Professor Tolkien approved of this and added a tune of his own, decorated the book in his own hand and added a glossary of Elvish terms and lore that appears nowhere else.

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9780007136551

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Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to James S. Marsh • 29 December 1966 (#473), Tolkien and Donald Swann's correspondence formed part of the production work on what eventually became the Road Goes Ever On. This letter to a fan, mentions the work between Tolkien and Swann.

Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Donald Swann • 29 August 1966 (#971), Tolkien and Donald Swann's correspondence formed part of the production work on what eventually became the Road Goes Ever On.

Carpenter #294b: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Donald Swann • 20 March 1967 (#974), Tolkien and Donald Swann's correspondence formed part of the production work on what eventually became the Road Goes Ever On.

Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Donald Swann • 21 March 1967 (#975), Tolkien and Donald Swann's correspondence formed part of the production work on what eventually became the Road Goes Ever On.

Carpenter #295a: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Donald Swann • 12 April 1967 (#977), Tolkien and Donald Swann's correspondence formed part of the production work on what eventually became the Road Goes Ever On.

Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Donald Swann • 19 June 1967 (#978), Tolkien and Donald Swann's correspondence formed part of the production work on what eventually became the Road Goes Ever On.

Carpenter #295b: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Donald Swann • 12-13 July 1967 (#979), Tolkien and Donald Swann's correspondence formed part of the production work on what eventually became the Road Goes Ever On.

Letter from Donald Swann to J.R.R. Tolkien • 13 November 1966 (#1341), Tolkien and Donald Swann's correspondence formed part of the production work on what eventually became the Road Goes Ever On.

Letter from Donald Swann to J.R.R. Tolkien • 16 March 1967 (#1533), Tolkien and Donald Swann's correspondence formed part of the production work on what eventually became the Road Goes Ever On.

Letter from George Allen & Unwin to Press • Mid 1967 (#1808)

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