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[[File:The Return of the King (1980 film) - Minstrel of Gondor.png|thumb|250px|right|The minstrel of [[Gondor]] in [[The Return of the King (1980 film)|''The Return of the King'' (1980 film)]].]] | [[File:The Return of the King (1980 film) - Minstrel of Gondor.png|thumb|250px|right|The minstrel of [[Gondor]] in [[The Return of the King (1980 film)|''The Return of the King'' (1980 film)]].]] | ||
'''Minstrels''' are those persons who had the ability to compose and sing songs. | '''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. Four of these are known by name: | ||
# [[Daeron]] of the [[First Age]], who was the court minstrel of King [[Thingol]] of [[Doriath]].<ref>{{S|Sindar}}</ref> | # [[Daeron]] of the [[First Age]], who was the court minstrel of King [[Thingol]] of [[Doriath]].<ref>{{S|Sindar}}</ref> | ||
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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. Four of these are known by name:
- Daeron of the First Age, who was the court minstrel of King Thingol of Doriath.[1]
- 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]
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"
