Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 2016 A Swann's Song in Middle-earth: An Exploration of Donald Swann's "The Road Goes Ever On" and the Development of a System of Lyric Diction for Tolkien's Constructed, Elvish Languages Richard Garrett Leonberger Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations Part of the Music Commons Recommended Citation Leonberger, Richard Garrett, "A Swann's Song in Middle-earth: An Exploration of Donald Swann's "The Road Goes Ever On" and the Development of a System of Lyric Diction for Tolkien's Constructed, Elvish Languages" (2016). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 4323. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/4323 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized graduate school editor of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please
[email protected]. A SWANN’S SONG IN MIDDLE-EARTH: AN EXPLORATION OF DONALD SWANN’S THE ROAD GOES EVER ON AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SYSTEM OF LYRIC DICTION FOR TOLKIEN’S CONSTRUCTED, ELVISH LANGUAGES A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts in The School of Music by Richard G. Leonberger B.M., Stephen F. Austin State University, 2010 M.M., Binghamton University, 2012 November 2016 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Many people across the world contributed time, energy, and support to me and to this project.