Minstrels
From Tolkien Gateway
"Song for a Queen" by Elena Kukanova
Minstrels are those persons who had the ability to compose and sing songs. Although many people sang, and a number created songs, only a few became widely famous for their musical compositions. Known by name:
- Daeron of the First Age, who was the court minstrel of King Thingol of Doriath.[1]
- Dírhaval of the First Age, who wrote the Narn i Chîn Húrin, the longest of all the lays to come out of Beleriand.
- Gléowine of the late Third Age, was the court minstrel of King Théoden.[2]
- Glirhuin of the First Age, was a seer and harp-player who composed a song that predicted that the Stone of the Hapless would never be defiled or sink beneath the sea.[3]
- Maglor of the First Age, was the second of the Sons of Fëanor and was famed as a poet and bard.[4]
- Tinfang Gelion is mentioned in the Lay of Leithian as being one of the greatest of the minstrels of the Elves, beside Maglor and next to Daeron.[5]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Sindar"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "Many Partings"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Ruin of Doriath"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lays of Beleriand, "III. The Lay of Leithian: Canto III (Beren's meeting with Lúthien)", p. 174
