Eärendil and Other Dreams.
I was at the Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. I was exploring the section for music scores and I came across the score for The Voyage of Eärendil. For those not familiar with the name Eärendil or his voyage, he is a character created by JRR Tolkien who has a chapter dedicated to him in The Silmarillion . The Silmarillion are stories written by Tolkien that were compiled and published by his son Christopher. Eärendil was described as a mariner who took on the dangerous task of sailing to the land of the Valar, who are godlike beings. The Valar had long forbade anyone from Middle Earth to come to their lands. However one of their fallen kin, Melkor, had been causing great distress in Middle Earth. Eärendil pleaded to the Valar to help the peoples of The West and rid them of Melkor’s evil once and for all. The Valar were moved by Eärendil’s courage and compassion and agreed to come to the aid of the peoples of Middle Earth, howev...